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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>
        
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<ref name="term_85202"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/amain Amain from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_989"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/amain Amain from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
        
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