Word Summary
Amanah: a river near Damascus, also the region from which it flows
Original Word: אֲמָנָהTransliteration: Amanah
Phonetic Spelling: (am-aw-naw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a river near Damascus, also the region from which it flows
Meaning: Amana -- a river near Damascus, also the region from which it flows
Strong's Concordance
Amana
The same as 'amanah; Amanah, a mountain near Damascus -- Amana.
see HEBREW 'amanah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H549. Amanah
אֲמָנָה proper name, of a river
1 a river (constant ? compare Isaiah 33:16) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 Kings 5:12 (Qr; אֲבָנָה Kt), the Greek Chrysorrhoas, modern Arabic Nahr Barad'. 2. the region from which it flows ct 4:8.