Aenon
Sign in to savethumb|Aenon marked on the 6th-century Madaba Map, marked as Ainon, where is now Sapsaphas. Aenon (, Ainṓn), distinguished as Aenon near Salim, is the site mentioned by the Gospel of John ) as one of the places where John was baptising people, after baptizing Jesus in Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan.
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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Identification attempts
- Information from the Gospel
- 'Ainun in Wadi Far{{'}}a
- Eusebius: Saloumias south of Scythopolis
- Madaba Map: east of the Jordan near Jericho
- Religious significance
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Aenon marked on the 6th-century Madaba Map, marked as Ainon, where is now Sapsaphas. Aenon (, Ainṓn), distinguished as Aenon near Salim, is the site mentioned by the Gospel of John ) as one of the places where John was baptising people, after baptizing Jesus in Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan.
==Etymology== Aenon is the Hellenized form of the term for 'spring' or 'natural fountain' in many Semitic languages, including Hebrew ayn () and Arabic ain or ein (). In the water-poor Middle East, places owning a spring tend to be named after that water source, so that toponyms consisting of or containing the construct element are common. The particular site mentioned in the Gospel of John is therefore distinguished as "Aenon near Salim".