Hanes

Hanes in the Topics

A place in Egypt mentioned only in Isa 30:4 in connection with a reproof given to the Jews for trusting in Egypt. It was considered the same as Tahpanhes, a fortified town on the eastern frontier, but has been also identified as Ahnas-el-Medeeneh, 70 miles from Cairo.

Named in the Bible

1 verse

  • Isaiah 30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.