GREEK · G3484
Ναΐν
Nain — Nain
Ναίν (Rec. Ναΐν), ἡ, indecl. (Heb. נָאָה), Nain, a village of Galilee: Luk.7:11.† (AS)
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Nain
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GREEK · G6395
ἀπαναίνομαι
apanainomai — to refuse
to disown, reject , (Homer) (ML)
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(from Heb. nain, “green pastures,” “lovely”), the name of a town near the gate of which Jesus raised to life a widow’s son (Luke 7:11-17). It is identified with the village called Nein, standing on the north-western slope of Jebel ed-Duhy (=the “hill Moreh” = “Little hermon”), about 4 miles from Tabor and 25 southwest of Capernaum. At the foot of the slope on which it stands is the great plain of Esdraelon. This was the first miracle of raising the dead our Lord had wrought, and it excited great awe and astonishment among the people.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.