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Amana

אֲמָנָהStrong’s H0549

amanah (a-ma-nah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Amanah is the Hebrew word usually translated “amana”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.”
2 Kings 5:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Amana = "support"
How it's translated
  • amana 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1
  • Song of Solomon 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

אֲמָנָה amanah · Amana

§ Amana = "support" mountainous area of the river's origin

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.