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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 Onomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis, "near [[Salem]] and the Jordan." </p> | <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> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70031" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70031" /> == | ||
<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16058" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16058" /> == | ||
<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47699" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_47699" /> == | ||
<p> The place where John baptized. (John 3:22) It lay south of [[Shalim]] and Jordan. The name signifies a cloud. </p> | <p> The place where John baptized. ( John 3:22) It lay south of [[Shalim]] and Jordan. The name signifies a cloud. </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 16:00, 12 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
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."
People's Dictionary of the Bible [2]
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.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [3]
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.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [4]
The place where John baptized. ( John 3:22) It lay south of Shalim and Jordan. The name signifies a cloud.
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [5]
E´non [AENON]
