Αἰνών

Αἰνών — Ainṓn

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: Joh 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).