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Furlong

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GREEK · G963

Βηθανία

Bēthania — Bethany

Βηθανία, -ας (also -ιά, indecl., Luk.19:29 and in B*, Mrk.11:1), ἡ, (Heb. בֵּית עֲנִיָּה, house of affliction, accusative to Jerome, or perh., house of dates, cf. Bethphage), Bethany; 1. a village fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, the modern El Azerîyeh: Mat.21:17 26:6, Mrk.8:22 (WH, mg.) 11:1, 11, 12 14:3 Luk.19:29 24:50, Jhn.11:1, 18 12:1. 2. A place on E. bank of Jordan: Jhn.1:28 (R, mg., Βηθαβαρά, which see). † (AS)

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GREEK · G1695

Ἐμμαούς

Emmaous — Emmaus

Ἐμμαούς, ἡ Emmaus, a place 60 furlongs from Jerusalem: Luk.24:13.† (AS)

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Historical dictionary entry

A stadium, a Greek measure of distance equal to 606 feet and 9 inches (Luke 24:13; John 6:19; 11:18; Rev. 14:20; 21:16).

Scripture references

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

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