Hamath (disambiguation)

Hamath, Hammath, Hamat, Hamat, as well as Hama, Hamma, Hammah, Hammeh, are recurring Semitic place-names. The may refer to:

Present locations

• Hama in Syria
• Hamat, a village in Lebanon
• Hamat Tiberias
• Hamat Gader
  • Al-Hamma, Tiberias, depopulated Syrian village
• Emmaus, village mentioned in the New Testament; one possible identification: Emmaus Nicopolis/Imwas/Hammat
• El Hamma, Tunisia
• Hamma, Algeria
  • El Hamma District
• El Hamma, Khenchela, Algeria

Strictly historical locations

• Hamath-zobah
• Hammon (city), biblical city in the Tribe of Naphtali, possibly in Hamat Tiberias
  • Hammoth-dor
• Amathus (Transjordan), on an uncertain location east of Jordan River, possibly the following:
  • Tell Hammeh, in Jordan
  • Tell Ammata
• 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
• Admatha or Ammatha, Jordan. A Roman fort just east of Ma'an.

See also

• Hama (disambiguation)
• Hamam (disambiguation)