Bible Names

Abana: meaning of the name

Abana means “made of stone; a building.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Abana in Hebrew and Greek

אֲבָנָה H71

ʼĂbânâh (ab-aw-naw') — Abanah, a river near Damascus

perhaps feminine of H68 (אֶבֶן); stony; Compare H549 (אֲמָנָה).

Places named Abana

Abana in Scripture

“Abana” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • 2 Kings 5:12

    Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.