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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #549 - אֲמָנָה
Transliteration
ʼĂmânâh
Phonetics
am-aw-naw'
Origin
the same as (H548)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Amana = "support"
- a river flowing into the plain of Damascus from Antilebanon
- mountainous area of the river´s origin
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Song of Solomon
1
BSB (1)
Song of Solomon
1
CSB (2)
2 Kings
1
Song of Solomon
1
ESV (0)
2 Kings
1
KJV (2)
2 Kings
1
Song of Solomon
1
LEB (1)
Song of Solomon
1
LSB (1)
Song of Solomon
1
N95 (1)
Song of Solomon
1
NAS (1)
Song of Solomon
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Song of Solomon
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
אֲמָנָה proper name, of a river
1 a river ( constant ? compare Isaiah 33:16) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 Kings 5:12 (Qr; אֲבָנָה Kt), the Greek Chrysorrhoas, modern Arabic Nahr Barad'. 2. the region from which it flows ct 2 Kings 4:8.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
אֲמָנָה f.
(1) a covenant [“prop. a confirmation, a surety”], Nehemiah 10:1 (Arab. أَماَنَةُ).
(2) something set, decreed, i.q. חֹק Nehemiah 11:23. To be understood of a daily portion of food furnished to the singers.
(3) [Amana, Abana], pr.n. of a perennial river, (compare Isaiah 33:16), rising in Antilibanus and watering Damascus, 2 Kings 5:12, from which that part of Lebanon was called by the same name, Song of Solomon 4:8 [“most interpreters understand the river to be the Chrysorrhoas, now el-Bûrada”].
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List of Word Forms
אֲמָנָ֗ה אמנה ’ă·mā·nāh ’ămānāh amaNah