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Anem

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6046

עָנֵם

a.nem — Anem

Anem = "fountains" a Levitical city in Issachar allotted to the Gershonites Another name of en gan.nim (עֵין גַּנִּים "En-gannim" H5873H)

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GREEK · G417

ἄνεμος

anemos — wind

ἄνεμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for רוּחַ ;] wind: Mat.11:7 14:24, 30 14:32, Mrk.4:37, 39 4:41 6:48, 51, Luk.7:24 8:23-24, Jhn.6:13, Act.27:7, 14-15, Jas.3:4, Rev.6:13 7:1; pl., Mat.7:25, 27 8:26-27, Luk.8:25, Act.27:4, Ju 12; οἱ τέσσαρες ἄ. τῆς γῆς, Rev.7:1; hence the four quarters of the heavens (see Deiss., BS, 248; MM, VGT, see word), Mat.24:31, Mrk.13:27; metaphorically, of variable teaching, Eph 414.† SYN.: πνεῦμα, πνοή (and cf. θύελλα, λαῖλαψ). (AS)

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GREEK · G1268

διανέμω

dianemō — to spread

δια-νέμω [in LXX for חלק, Deu.29:25 * ;] to distribute, divide: pass., to be spread about, Act.4:17.† (AS)

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GREEK · G7879

κατανέμω

katanemō — to feed on

1. to distribute, allot, assign , especially as pasture-land , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. to distribute, divide into separate bodies , (Xenophon Historicus):—;of a single person, κ. τινὰ εἰς τὴν τάξιν to assign him to his post, (Aeschines Orator) 3. Mid. or Pass. to divide among themselves , (Thucydides) 4. to occupy with cattle, to graze land , Lat. depasci, (Isocrates Orator):—;metaphorically to plunder , (Babrius Fabularum Scriptor) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

Two fountains, a Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:73). It is also called En-gannim (q.v.) in Josh. 19:21; the modern Jenin.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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