Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Jordan
Jordan, proper n. [L. possibly < Heb. jarden, channel or yarod, descend.]
River in the Middle East; waterway flowing down from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea; site of sacred events in the Holy Land; place where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist (see Matthew 3:13); [fig.] death.
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