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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_85202" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. i.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_989" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' mān ''''' ´ (translated from the Greek εἰς φυγὴν ὥρμησαν , <i> ''''' eis phugḗn hō̇rmēsan ''''' </i> , "they rushed to flight"): The word is composed of the prefix "a" and the word "main," meaning "force." The expression is used by Milton, Parker, et al., but in Biblical literature found only in 2 Macc 12:22 where used to describe the flight of [[Timotheus]] and his army after he suffered defeat at the hands of [[Judas]] [[Maccabee]] ("They fled amain," i.e. violently and suddenly). </p> | <p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' mān ''''' ´ (translated from the Greek εἰς φυγὴν ὥρμησαν , <i> ''''' eis phugḗn hō̇rmēsan ''''' </i> , "they rushed to flight"): The word is composed of the prefix "a" and the word "main," meaning "force." The expression is used by Milton, Parker, et al., but in Biblical literature found only in 2 Macc 12:22 where used to describe the flight of [[Timotheus]] and his army after he suffered defeat at the hands of [[Judas]] [[Maccabee]] ("They fled amain," i.e. violently and suddenly). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:49, 16 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
(2): (n.) At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
(3): (v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
(4): (v. i.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
a - mān ´ (translated from the Greek εἰς φυγὴν ὥρμησαν , eis phugḗn hō̇rmēsan , "they rushed to flight"): The word is composed of the prefix "a" and the word "main," meaning "force." The expression is used by Milton, Parker, et al., but in Biblical literature found only in 2 Macc 12:22 where used to describe the flight of Timotheus and his army after he suffered defeat at the hands of Judas Maccabee ("They fled amain," i.e. violently and suddenly).
