Pharpar — is the less important of the two rivers of Damascus, Syria mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:12), now generally identified with the A waj (i.e. crooked ), though if the reference to Damascus be limited to the city, as in the Arabic… … Wikipedia
PHARPAR, PHARPHAR — profundus et amoenus Damasci fluvius est, in tribu Manasse, qui in radicibus Libani montis, Damasco propinquis, emanans, eam urbem intersecat, deinde Antiochiam tendens, eius moenia allambit, tandemque mari Mediterraneo commiscetur, 2. Reg. c. 5 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Abana River — Abana (or Amanah , classical Chrysorrhoas) is the more important of the two rivers of Damascus, Syria mentioned by the Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:12), and is now generally identified with the Barada (i.e. cold ). Together with its companion river,… … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
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healing cult — ▪ religion religious group or movement that places major, or even exclusive, emphasis on the treatment or prevention by nonmedical means of physical or spiritual ailments, which are often seen as manifestations of evil. Such cults generally … Universalium
Rivers of Damascus — The Abana and Pharpar (2 Kings 5:12) … Easton's Bible Dictionary
2 Kings 5 — 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone… … The King James version of the Bible
CHRYSORRHOAS — Syriae fluv. per Damascum, et eius agrum fluens, Pharpar Ebraeis, Adegele, teste Belloniô. Sic et Pactolus a veteribus dictus ob arenas, quasdefert, aureas. Sunt alii duo huius nominis, unus in Bithynia, alter in Themiscyra regione. Salmasio… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
FARFAR — vide Pharpar … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
