McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Amatha

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Amatha


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( Á᾿ìáèÜ , i.q. Hamath, q.v.; comp. Josephus, Ant. 10, 5, 2), a place named by Jerome and Eusebius ( Å᾿ììáèÜ ) in the Onomasticon (s.v. AEmath, Á᾿éèÜì ) as one of several places by that name, this being situated near Gadara, and having warm springs. It is apparently the modern ruin Amateh, discovered by Seetzen (Ritter, Erdk. 15, 372), on the Nahr Yarmuk, not far from Um Keis (Burckhardt, Travels, p. 273, 276-278). SEE AMATHUS.