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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30332" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30332" /> == | ||
<li> A mountain ( Song of [[Solomon]] 4:8 ), probably the southern summit of Anti-Libanus, at the base of which are the sources of the Abana. <div> <p> | <li> A mountain ( Song of [[Solomon]] 4:8 ), probably the southern summit of Anti-Libanus, at the base of which are the sources of the Abana. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amana'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amana.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69586" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69586" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Amana''' (âm'a-nah, or a-mâ'nah), perennial. 1. Margin, same as [[Abana]] or [[Abanah]] (R. V.) 2 Kings 5:12. See Abana. 2. A ridge or peak of the [[Lebanon]] range, in which the river [[Amana]] or Abana has its source. Song of Solomon 4:8. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71326" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71326" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Am'ana.''' (a covenant). Apparently a mountain in or near Lebanon. Song of Solomon 4:8. It is commonly assumed that this is the mountain in which the river '''Abana''' , 2 Kings 5:12, has its source. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34448" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34448" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1047" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1047" /> == | ||
<p> '''''a''''' -'''''mā´na''''' , ( | <p> '''''a''''' -'''''mā´na''''' , (אמנה , <i> ''''''amanah''''' </i> ): A mountain mentioned in Song of Solomon 4:8 along with Lebanon, [[Senir]] and Hermon. The name probably means the "firm," or "constant." "From the top of Amana" is mistranslated by the [[Septuagint]] ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς πιστεως , <i> '''''apó archḗs pı́steōs''''' </i> ̌ . The Amana is most naturally sought in the Anti-Lebanon, near the course of the river Abana, or Amana (see [[Abanah]] ). Another possible identification is with Mt. Amanus in the extreme north of Syria. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14882" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14882" /> == | ||
