Hamath (disambiguation)
Hamath is an ancient name for the city of Hama in Syria.
Hamath, Hammath, Hamat, Hamat, as well as Hama, Hamma, Hammah, Hammeh, are recurring Semitic place-names and may also refer to:
Present locations
- Hamat, a village in Lebanon
- Hamat Tiberias, an ancient archaeological site
- Hamat Gader, a hot springs site in the Yarmouk River valley, near the tripoint of Israel, Jordan and Syria
- Al-Hamma, Tiberias, depopulated Syrian village
- Imwas, a village west of Jerusalem, identified with Emmaus Nicopolis/Hammat, and possibly with the New Testament Emmaus
- El Hamma, Tunisia
- Hamma, Algeria
- El Hamma, Khenchela, Algeria
Strictly historical locations
- Hamath-zobah, a place in ancient Israel
- Hammon (city), biblical city in the Tribe of Naphtali, possibly in Hamat Tiberias
- Hammoth-dor, possibly the same as Hammon
- Amathus, Palestine, on an uncertain location east of Jordan River, possibly the following:
- Tell Hammeh, in Jordan
- Emmaus, village mentioned in the New Testament; one possible identification:
- Emmaus Nicopolis/Imwas/Hammat
- Tell el Hammeh, in the West Bank
- Amathus, Cyprus
- Tall el-Hammam, Jordan, an archaeological site project of Trinity Southwest University
See also
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