Place
Name meaning: a cloud; fountain; his eye (Hitchcock)
Springs, a place near Salim where John baptized (John 3:23). It was probably near the upper source of the Wady Far’ah, an open valley extending from Mount Ebal to the Jordan. It is full of springs. A place has been found called ‘Ainun, four miles north of the springs.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(springs) a place “near to Salim,” at which John baptized. (John 3:23) It was evidently west of the Jordan, comp. (John 3:22) with John 3:26 and with John 1:28 And abounded in water. It is given in the Omomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis “near Salem and the Jordan.”
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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