A dictionary of the . NA {stony), a river of Da-mascus, 2 Kgs. 5 : 12, and supposedto be identical with the Amana ofSong Sol. 4 : 8. Probably the mod-ern Barada, which the Greeks calledthe Chrysorrhoas [golden stream). Itrises in the mountains of Anti-Libanus,about 23 miles N. W. of Damascus, runsthrough the city in several streams orcanals, thence across the plain, and 18miles east of Damascus falls by severalbranches into the marshy Bahret-el-Kibliyeh, or so-called Meadow river is a clear, limpid, copious, andperennial stream, and is the chief sourceof the fertility of the
A dictionary of the . NA {stony), a river of Da-mascus, 2 Kgs. 5 : 12, and supposedto be identical with the Amana ofSong Sol. 4 : 8. Probably the mod-ern Barada, which the Greeks calledthe Chrysorrhoas [golden stream). Itrises in the mountains of Anti-Libanus,about 23 miles N. W. of Damascus, runsthrough the city in several streams orcanals, thence across the plain, and 18miles east of Damascus falls by severalbranches into the marshy Bahret-el-Kibliyeh, or so-called Meadow river is a clear, limpid, copious, andperennial stream, and is the chief sourceof the fertility of the plain of Damascus,making it a garden in the desert. Itfalls 1149 feet, and waters 800 squaremiles of territory containing about ABARIM {mountains beyond, or ofthe fords), a range of mountains eastof the river Jordan, in the land of Moab,opposite Jericho. Num. 27:12; 33:47; Deut. 32 : 49. Nebo, Peor, andPisgah belong to this range. In : 20 the word is translated pas-sages. Ije-abarim in Num. 21 : 11 ABB ABE. Sketch-Map of the Abana and Pharpar Rivers. means heaps or ruins of Abarim, andwas near the same range. ABBA, the Chaldee form of theHebrew word ab, signifying father. Ap-plied to God in the New Testament byChrist, Mark 14 : 36, and by Paul, : 15; Gal. 4 : 6. The syllable ab, inthe sense of possessed of, endowedwith, frequently occurs in the compo-sition of Hebrew proper names; e. , Absalom. ABDA {servant, Chaldee form). of Adoniram. 1 Kgs. 4 : 6. 2. Son of Shammua, Xeh. 11: 17; calledObadiah in 1 Chr. 9 : 16. ABDEEL {servant of God), fatherof Shelemiah. Jer. 36 : 26. ABDI {my servant). 1. A MerariteLevite, and ancestor of Ethan the Chr. 6 : 41. 2. A Levite of the same family, fatherof Kish. 2 Chr. 29 : 12. 3. One of the sons of Elam, who hadtaken a foreign wife. Ezr. 10 : 26. ABDIEL {servant of God), a chiefof Gad. 1 Chr. 5 : 15. ABDON(»«n:i7e). 1. An Ephraim-ite who judged Israel, Jud. 12 : 13-15;perhaps the same with Be
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