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Aenon

Holman Bible Dictionary

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(aye nee' uhss) Place name meaning, “double spring.” The location where John the Baptist was baptizing during the time that Jesus was baptizing in Judea (John 3:23 ). The biblical text indicates that Aenon was a place richly endowed with water near Salim, which precise location is unknown. The most likely location of Aenon was in a broad open valley called Wadi-Farah, west of the Jordan and northeast of Nablus.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Aenon'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​a/aenon.html. 1991.
 
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