Quick Definition
Abana
Biblical Persons & Places
Abana
Abana
A location only mentioned at 2Ki.5.12;
referred to as Abana (אֲבָנָה), or Amana (=Qere) (אֲמָנָה).
Strong's Definition
Abanah, a river near Damascus
Derivation: perhaps feminine of H68 (אֶבֶן); stony; Compare H549 (אֲמָנָה).
KJV Usage: Abana.
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) river Abana, Syrian river flowing through Damascus
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲבָנָה (a.va.nah) — Abana. A river in Syria flowing through Damascus Also named: a.ma.nah (אֲמָנָה "Amana" H0549H)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of Waterbodies
Abana = river; ◄ located in Syria
1 2KI 5:12 MT-K RSV NJB NIV NRSV REB GNT CEV | MT-Q NJPS אֲמָנָה
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲמָנָה n.pr.fl. a river (constant ? cf. Is 33:16) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 K 5:12 (Qr; אֲבָנָה Kt)
the region from which it flows Ct 4:8.
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