- Bethsaida (/b??‘se?.?d?/ beth-SAY-id-?; from Ancient Greek: ???sa?d?, romanized: Bethsa�d�; from Aramaic and Hebrew: ????? ??????, romanized: Be? ?ay?a, lit.?‘House of the Fisherman’ or ‘House of the Hunter’, from the Hebrew root ?-?-?; Arabic: ??? ????, romanized: Bayt ?ayda), also known as Julias or Julia (Ancient Greek: ?????a, romanized: Ioul�a), is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis. Historians have suggested that the name is also referenced in rabbinic literature under the epithet ?ay?an (Hebrew: ??????).