Nain
VIEW:28 DATA:01-04-2020
beauty; pleasantness
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NAIN.The town where Jesus raised the widows son to life (Luk_7:11). The name is found in the modern Nein, a small, squalid village, 6 miles S.E. of Nazareth, on the N. slope of the Hill of Moreh, the so-called Little Hermon. The summit of the hill is 1690 feet high, with a white-domed sanctuary, the tomb of the saint from whom the mountain takes its modern name, Jebel ed-Duhy. The village is 744 feet above the sea. Sir W. M. Ramsay thinks there can be little doubt that the ancient city was on the top of the hill (The Education of Christ, Preface, ix), but the evidence is not stated. The present village is insignificant. Ruins stretch to the north, showing that the place was once of some importance; but they are comparatively modern. The rock-cut tombs to the East, however, bespeak a much higher antiquity. The small sanctuary, Maqâm Sîdna Isa, Place of our Lord Jesus, on the north, doubtless commemorates the visit of the Saviour. There is no trace of city walls. Tristram was misled by the shape of the ruins (Land of Israel, 125). The Gate was probably the usual entrance from that direction. The site commands an interesting view. Across a narrow bay of Esdraelon rises Mt. Tabor, over the eastern shoulder of which the white summit of Hermon is visible; while to the N.W. and W. the eye ranges over the hills of Lower Galilee, and the rolling breadths of the great plain, to Mt. Carmel by the sea.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
The scene of Christ's raising the widow's son (Luk_7:12). Now Nein on N.W. verge of jebel ed Duhy (Little Hermon) where it slopes down to Esdraelon plain. The rock W. of the village abounds in cave tombs, also in the E. side. Eighteen miles from Capernaum, where Jesus had been the preceding day. Josephus (Ant. 20:5, section 1) notices Nain as on the way from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very way Jesus was going.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Na'in. (beauty). A village of Galilee, the gate of which is made illustrious, by the raising of the widow's son. Luk_7:12. The modern Nein is situated on the northwestern edge of the "Little Hermon", or Jebel-ed-Duhy, where the ground falls into the plain of Esdraelon. The entrance to the place, where our Saviour met the funeral, must probably always have seen up the steep ascent from the plain; and here on the west side of the village, the rock is full of sepulchral caves.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a city of Palestine, in which Jesus Christ restored the widow's son to life, as they were carrying him out to be buried. Eusebius says, that this was in the neighbourhood of Endor and Scythopolis, two miles from Tabor, toward the south.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
nā?in (Ναίν, Naı́n): This town is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with the visit of Jesus and the miracle of raising the widow's son from the dead Luk_7:11. The name persists to this day, and in the form of Nein clings to a small village on the northwestern slope of Jebel ed-Duḥy (?Hill of Moreh?), the mountain which, since the Middle Ages, has been known as Little Hermon. The modern name of the mountain is derived from Neby Duḥy whose wely crowns the height above the village. There are many ancient remains, proving that the place was once of considerable size. It was never enclosed by a wall, as some have thought from the mention of ?the gate.? This was probably the opening between the houses by which the road entered the town. Tristram thought he had found traces of an ancient city wall, but this proved to be incorrect. The ancient town perhaps stood somewhat higher on the hill than the present village. In the rocks to the East are many tombs of antiquity. The site commands a beautiful and extensive view across the plain to Carmel, over the Nazareth hills, and away past Tabor to where the white peak of Hermon glistens in the sun. To the South are the heights of Gilboa and the uplands of Samaria. The village, once prosperous, has fallen on evil days. It is said that the villagers received such good prices for simsum that they cultivated it on a large scale. A sudden drop in the price brought them to ruin, from which, after many years, they have not yet fully recovered.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Na?in, a town of Palestine, where Jesus raised the widow's son to life (Luk_7:11-17). Eusebius and Jerome describe it as near Endor.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Nain
(Gr. Ναϊvν; according to Simon, from Heb. נָאַין nain', green pastures; so written in the Eastern versions of the N.T., but Schwarz, Palest. page 169, writes נעים, as if from נָעַין, gracefulness), a town (πόλις) of Palestine, mentioned only in the N.T. as the place where Jesus raised the widow's son to life (Luk_7:11-17). Josephus speaks of a Nain, but it was different from this, being situated in the south (War, 4:9, 4). The site of Nain is described by Jerome as being two miles south of Tabor, near Endor (Onomast. s.v. Naim; Eusebius has twelve miles, but the error is probably that of a copyist writing ιβ instead of β. Neither this number, however, nor that of Jerome, is accurate). Phocas places it north of Tabor (see Reland, Palaest. page 904). As its name has always been preserved, it was recognised by the Crusaders, and has often been noticed by travellers up to the present day. It has now dwindled to a mean village called Nein (according to De Saulcy [Dead Sea, 1:75], Nayin, pronounced by the Arabs exactly as Ναϊvν), which contains remains of very ancient buildings, with a fountain (Tristram, Land of Israel, page 130). It stands on a bleak, rocky slope, on the northern declivity of Jebel ed-Duhy (the "hill Moreh" of Scripture, and the "Little Hermon" of modern travellers), directly facing Tabor, from which it is four miles distant, and two and a half miles south- west of Endor. It is a small, poor hamlet, of some twenty houses, or rather huts. Round the houses, however, are pretty extensive ruins; and there are some traces of what appears to be an ancient wall. The most interesting antiquities are tombs, hewn in the rock, a short distance east of the village. It was in this direction our Lord approached, and probably to one or other of those very tombs they were bearing the corpse when he met and arrested the mournful procession (see Thomson, Land and Book, 2:158). The situation of Nain is extremely beautiful. At the foot of the slope on which it stands is the great plain of Esdraelon, bounded on the north by the gracefil wooded hills of Galilee, over which the snow-capped summits of Hermon and Lebanon ap- pear. See Robinson, Bib. Res. 2:361; Van de Velde, Syria and Palestine, 2:382; Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, page 357; Porter, Hand-book to Syria, page 358.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NAIN.The town where Jesus raised the widows son to life (Luk_7:11). The name is found in the modern Nein, a small, squalid village, 6 miles S.E. of Nazareth, on the N. slope of the Hill of Moreh, the so-called Little Hermon. The summit of the hill is 1690 feet high, with a white-domed sanctuary, the tomb of the saint from whom the mountain takes its modern name, Jebel ed-Duhy. The village is 744 feet above the sea. Sir W. M. Ramsay thinks there can be little doubt that the ancient city was on the top of the hill (The Education of Christ, Preface, ix), but the evidence is not stated. The present village is insignificant. Ruins stretch to the north, showing that the place was once of some importance; but they are comparatively modern. The rock-cut tombs to the East, however, bespeak a much higher antiquity. The small sanctuary, Maqâm Sîdna Isa, Place of our Lord Jesus, on the north, doubtless commemorates the visit of the Saviour. There is no trace of city walls. Tristram was misled by the shape of the ruins (Land of Israel, 125). The Gate was probably the usual entrance from that direction. The site commands an interesting view. Across a narrow bay of Esdraelon rises Mt. Tabor, over the eastern shoulder of which the white summit of Hermon is visible; while to the N.W. and W. the eye ranges over the hills of Lower Galilee, and the rolling breadths of the great plain, to Mt. Carmel by the sea.
W. Ewing.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
The scene of Christ's raising the widow's son (Luk_7:12). Now Nein on N.W. verge of jebel ed Duhy (Little Hermon) where it slopes down to Esdraelon plain. The rock W. of the village abounds in cave tombs, also in the E. side. Eighteen miles from Capernaum, where Jesus had been the preceding day. Josephus (Ant. 20:5, section 1) notices Nain as on the way from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very way Jesus was going.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Na'in. (beauty). A village of Galilee, the gate of which is made illustrious, by the raising of the widow's son. Luk_7:12. The modern Nein is situated on the northwestern edge of the "Little Hermon", or Jebel-ed-Duhy, where the ground falls into the plain of Esdraelon. The entrance to the place, where our Saviour met the funeral, must probably always have seen up the steep ascent from the plain; and here on the west side of the village, the rock is full of sepulchral caves.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a city of Palestine, in which Jesus Christ restored the widow's son to life, as they were carrying him out to be buried. Eusebius says, that this was in the neighbourhood of Endor and Scythopolis, two miles from Tabor, toward the south.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
nā?in (Ναίν, Naı́n): This town is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with the visit of Jesus and the miracle of raising the widow's son from the dead Luk_7:11. The name persists to this day, and in the form of Nein clings to a small village on the northwestern slope of Jebel ed-Duḥy (?Hill of Moreh?), the mountain which, since the Middle Ages, has been known as Little Hermon. The modern name of the mountain is derived from Neby Duḥy whose wely crowns the height above the village. There are many ancient remains, proving that the place was once of considerable size. It was never enclosed by a wall, as some have thought from the mention of ?the gate.? This was probably the opening between the houses by which the road entered the town. Tristram thought he had found traces of an ancient city wall, but this proved to be incorrect. The ancient town perhaps stood somewhat higher on the hill than the present village. In the rocks to the East are many tombs of antiquity. The site commands a beautiful and extensive view across the plain to Carmel, over the Nazareth hills, and away past Tabor to where the white peak of Hermon glistens in the sun. To the South are the heights of Gilboa and the uplands of Samaria. The village, once prosperous, has fallen on evil days. It is said that the villagers received such good prices for simsum that they cultivated it on a large scale. A sudden drop in the price brought them to ruin, from which, after many years, they have not yet fully recovered.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Na?in, a town of Palestine, where Jesus raised the widow's son to life (Luk_7:11-17). Eusebius and Jerome describe it as near Endor.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Nain
(Gr. Ναϊvν; according to Simon, from Heb. נָאַין nain', green pastures; so written in the Eastern versions of the N.T., but Schwarz, Palest. page 169, writes נעים, as if from נָעַין, gracefulness), a town (πόλις) of Palestine, mentioned only in the N.T. as the place where Jesus raised the widow's son to life (Luk_7:11-17). Josephus speaks of a Nain, but it was different from this, being situated in the south (War, 4:9, 4). The site of Nain is described by Jerome as being two miles south of Tabor, near Endor (Onomast. s.v. Naim; Eusebius has twelve miles, but the error is probably that of a copyist writing ιβ instead of β. Neither this number, however, nor that of Jerome, is accurate). Phocas places it north of Tabor (see Reland, Palaest. page 904). As its name has always been preserved, it was recognised by the Crusaders, and has often been noticed by travellers up to the present day. It has now dwindled to a mean village called Nein (according to De Saulcy [Dead Sea, 1:75], Nayin, pronounced by the Arabs exactly as Ναϊvν), which contains remains of very ancient buildings, with a fountain (Tristram, Land of Israel, page 130). It stands on a bleak, rocky slope, on the northern declivity of Jebel ed-Duhy (the "hill Moreh" of Scripture, and the "Little Hermon" of modern travellers), directly facing Tabor, from which it is four miles distant, and two and a half miles south- west of Endor. It is a small, poor hamlet, of some twenty houses, or rather huts. Round the houses, however, are pretty extensive ruins; and there are some traces of what appears to be an ancient wall. The most interesting antiquities are tombs, hewn in the rock, a short distance east of the village. It was in this direction our Lord approached, and probably to one or other of those very tombs they were bearing the corpse when he met and arrested the mournful procession (see Thomson, Land and Book, 2:158). The situation of Nain is extremely beautiful. At the foot of the slope on which it stands is the great plain of Esdraelon, bounded on the north by the gracefil wooded hills of Galilee, over which the snow-capped summits of Hermon and Lebanon ap- pear. See Robinson, Bib. Res. 2:361; Van de Velde, Syria and Palestine, 2:382; Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, page 357; Porter, Hand-book to Syria, page 358.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
BUSCADAVERDADE
Visite o nosso canal youtube.com/buscadaverdade e se INSCREVA agora mesmo! Lá temos uma diversidade de temas interessantes sobre: Saúde, Receitas Saudáveis, Benefícios dos Alimentos, Benefícios das Vitaminas e Sais Minerais... Dê uma olhadinha, você vai gostar! E não se esqueça, dê o seu like e se INSCREVA! Clique abaixo e vá direto ao canal!
Saiba Mais
-
Nutrição
Vegetarianismo e a Vitamina B12 -
Receita
Como preparar a Proteína Vegetal Texturizada -
Arqueologia
Livro de Enoque é um livro profético?
Tags