# H71 אֲבָנָה

אֲבָנָה (ʼĂbânâh), Strong’s H71: Abanah, a river near Damascus KJV: Abana.. Occurs 1 times.

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*ʼĂbânâh* — Abanah, a river near Damascus

KJV: Abana.

Occurs 1 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲמָנָה n.pr.fl.
- 1 a river (constant ? cf. Is 33:16) flowing down from Antilebanon into the plain of Damascus 2 K 5:12 (Qr; אֲבָנָה Kt)
- 2 the region from which it flows Ct 4:8.

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 5:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/5?v=12) — Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be…