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Amana

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Perennial.

2

The Hebrew margin of 2 Kgs 5:12 gives this as another reading of Abana (q.v.), a stream near Damascus.

3

A mountain (Song 4:8), probably the southern summit of Anti-Libanus, at the base of which are the sources of the Abana.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-ma'-na, ('amanah): A mountain mentioned in Song 4:8 along with Lebanon, Senir and Hermon. The name probably means the "firm," or "constant." "From the top of Amana" is mistranslated by the Septuagint apo arches pisteos. The Amana is most naturally sought in the Anti-Lebanon, near the course of the river Abana, or Amana (see Abanah). Another possible identification is with Mt. Amanus in the extreme north of Syria.

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Place Amana

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