Lectionary Calendar

Sunday, September 14th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24

video advertismenet

Attention!

StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Amain

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Search for…

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Amadatha; Amadathus

Next Entry
Amal

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

a -mān ´ (translated from the Greek εἰς φυγὴν ὥρμησαν , eis phugḗn hō̇rmēsan , "they rushed to flight"): The word is composed of the prefix "a" and the word "main," meaning "force." The expression is used by Milton, Parker, et al., but in Biblical literature found only in 2 Macc 12:22 where used to describe the flight of Timotheus and his army after he suffered defeat at the hands of Judas Maccabee ("They fled amain," i.e. violently and suddenly).

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Amain'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/amain.html. 1915.

Bible Encyclopedias Amain

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bible Encyclopedias
Amain