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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).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Amain'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/amain.html. 1915.

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