Amana

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

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.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Amana'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/amana.html. 1897.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("truth".) A mountain near Lebanon, perhaps the southern top of Antilibanus ( Song of Solomon 4:8). Assumed to be the hill whence the Abana springs ( 2 Kings 5:13).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Amana (  Song of Solomon 4:8 ). Probably the mountains near the river Abana or Amana, being connected with Hermon and Lebanon; or else Mount Amanus in the north of Syria.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The southern part or summit of Anti-Lebanon, adjacent to and north of Hermon, from which the river Amana or Abana poured down towards Damascus, Song of  Song of Solomon 4:8 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Probably one of the peaks of the Anti-lebanon range, or a mountain near.  Song of Solomon 4:8 . The Lxx read 'from the top of Faith.'

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Song of Solomon 4:8

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a -mā´na , (אמנה , 'amanah ): 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 , apó archḗs pı́steōs ̌ . 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.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ama´na, a mountain mentioned in  Song of Solomon 4:8. Some have supposed it to be Mount Amanus in Cilicia, to which the dominion of Solomon is alleged to have extended northward. But the context, with other circumstances, leaves little doubt that this Mount Amana was rather the southern part or summit of Anti-Libanus, and was so called perhaps from containing the sources of the river Amana [[[Abana].]]