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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72415" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72415" /> == | ||
<p> E'non. (springs). A place "near to Salim," at which John baptized. John 3:23. It was evidently west of the Jordan, compare John 3:22 with John 3:26 and with John 1:28, and abounded in water. This is indicated by the name, which is merely a [[Greek]] version of a [[Chaldee]] word signifying "springs". [[Aenon]] is given in the | <p> E'non. (springs). A place "near to Salim," at which John baptized. John 3:23. It was evidently west of the Jordan, compare John 3:22 with John 3:26 and with John 1:28, and abounded in water. This is indicated by the name, which is merely a [[Greek]] version of a [[Chaldee]] word signifying "springs". [[Aenon]] is given in the Onomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis, "near [[Salem]] and the Jordan." </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15635" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15635" /> == | ||
Revision as of 07:48, 12 October 2021
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
The place where John baptized, was near Salim, on the west side of the Jordan, John 1:28; 3:26 . It is supposed to have been eight or ten miles south of Beth-shean, and near the Jordan.
Hitchcock's Bible Names [2]
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [3]
The place where John baptized. (John 3:22) It lay south of Shalim and Jordan. The name signifies a cloud.
People's Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Enon, or Ænon (ç'non), springs. A place near Salim where John was baptizing. John 3:23. Three sites have been proposed for it: 1. The traditional one, by Jerome, about 8 miles south of Beisan; not confirmed by later authorities. 2. In Wady Fârah, 5 miles northeast of Jerusalem. 3. The more probable site is east of Nablûs, near the village Sâlim, where there are copious springs.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [5]
E'non. (springs). A place "near to Salim," at which John baptized. John 3:23. It was evidently west of the Jordan, compare John 3:22 with John 3:26 and with John 1:28, and abounded in water. This is indicated by the name, which is merely a Greek version of a Chaldee word signifying "springs". Aenon is given in the Onomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis, "near Salem and the Jordan."
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [6]
E´non [AENON]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(See Aenon).
References
- ↑ Enon from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Enon from Hitchcock's Bible Names
- ↑ Enon from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
- ↑ Enon from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Enon from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Enon from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
- ↑ Enon from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
