integrity; truth; a nurse
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AMANA (Son_4:8).Probably the mountains near the river Abana or Amana, being connected with Hermon and Lebanon; or else Mount Amanus in the north of Syria.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("truth".) A mountain near Lebanon, perhaps the southern top of Antilibanus (Son_4:8). Assumed to be the hill whence the Abana springs (2Ki_5:13).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Am'ana. (a covenant). Apparently a mountain in or near Lebanon. Son_4:8. It is commonly assumed that this is the mountain in which the river Abana, 2Ki_5:12, has its source.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-mā?na, (אמנה, 'amanah): A mountain mentioned in Son_4:8 along with Lebanon, Senir and Hermon. The name probably means the ?firm,? or ?constant.? ?From the top of Amana? is mistranslated by the Septuagint ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς πιστεως, apó archḗs pı́steōš. The Amana is most naturally sought in the Anti-Lebanon, near the course of the river Abana, or Amana (see ABANAH). Another possible identification is with Mt. Amanus in the extreme north of Syria.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ama?na, a mountain mentioned in Son_4:8. Some have supposed it to be Mount Amanus in Cilicia, to which the dominion of Solomon is alleged to have extended northward. But the context, with other circumstances, leaves little doubt that this Mount Amana was rather the southern part or summit of Anti-Libanus, and was so called perhaps from containing the sources of the river Amana [ABANA].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.