GREEK · G137
Αἰνών
Ainōn — Aenon
Αἰνών, ἡ, indecl. (cf. Heb.עַיִן, a spring), Aenon: Jhn.3:23.† (AS)
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AEnon
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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Springs, a place near Salim where John baptized (John 3:23). It was probably near the upper source of the Wady Far’ah, an open valley extending from Mount Ebal to the Jordan. It is full of springs. A place has been found called ‘Ainun, four miles north of the springs.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
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John 3:23
And John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John 3:22
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
John 3:26
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.