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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #137 - Αἰνών

Transliteration

Ainṓn

Phonetics

ahee-nohn'

Origin

of Hebrew origin, a derivative of (H5869)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Aenon meaning "springs"

the name of a place "near to Salim" at which John baptised

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5869 ‑ עַיִן (ah'‑yin);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

John 1

BSB (1)

John 1

CSB (1)

John 1

ESV (1)

John 1

KJV (1)

John 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

John 1

N95 (1)

John 1

NAS (1)

John 1

NLT (1)

John 1

WEB (1)

John 1

YLT (1)

John 1

ASV (1)

enon 1

BSB (1)

aenon 1

CSB (1)

aenon 1

ESV (1)

aenon 1

KJV (1)

aenon 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

aenon 1

N95 (1)

aenon 1

NAS (1)

aenon 1

NLT (1)

aenon 1

WEB (1)

enon 1

YLT (1)

aenon 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-PRI 1

ANT

N-PRI 1

BEZ

N-DSF 1

BGB

N-PRI 1

BMT

N-PRI 1

BYZ

N-PRI 1

ELZ

N-DSF 1

NA26

N-DSF 1

SBL

N-PRI 1

SCV

N-PRI 1

STV

N-PRI 1

TIS

N-PRI 1

N-DSF-L 1

TRG

N-DSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Αἰνών, ἡ (either a strengthened form of עַיִן and equivalent to עֵינָן, or a Chaldaic plural, equivalent to עֵינָוָן, springs; (others besides)), Aenon, indeclinable proper name, either of a place, or of a fountain, not far from Salim: John 3:23 (thought to be Wady Far'ah, running from Matt. Ebal to the Jordan; see Conder in the Palestine Exploration Fund for July 1874, p. 191f; Tent Work in Palestine, 1:91f; especially Stevens in Journ. of Exeget. Soc., December, 1883, pp. 128-141. Cf. B. D. American edition).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Αἰνών , ἡ ,

indecl.

(cf. Heb. H5869, a spring),

Aenon: John 3:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αίγα αίγας αίγες αίγές αιγών Αινων Αἰνὼν αιξί αιξίν αιπολίου αιπόλος Ainon Ainōn Ainṑn