Dict: smith - ENON

smith:

ENON - E>@ - (springs), a place "near to Salim," at which John baptized. kjv@John:3:23) It was evidently west of the Jordan, comp. kjv@John:3:22) with kjv@John:3:26 and with kjv@John:1:28 And abounded in water. This is indicated by the name, which is merely a Greek version of a Chaldee word signifying "springs." AEnon is given in the Onomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis, "near Salem and the Jordan."