Siloam

American

[si-loh-uhm, sahy-] / sɪˈloʊ əm, saɪ- /

noun

a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.

Siloam British

/ sɪ-, saɪˈləʊəm /

noun

Bible a pool in Jerusalem where Jesus cured a man of his blindness (John 9)

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Orlowski was a Ph.D. student when her graduate research team developed a novel low-flow water monitoring system in collaboration with Siloam Springs-based companies Alternative Design and Cobb-Vantress Inc., a primary broiler breeder company.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

The website highlights one of its locations as Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where Simmons is based.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Now Meyer is back home with his family in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where he can enjoy the outdoors.

From Fox News • Jul. 21, 2021

Siloam Springs Virtual Academy, which was set up last fall by the Siloam Springs School District in northwest Arkansas, has also tightened its policies.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2021

If He says, “Go to the pool of Siloam and wash,” then they must go.

From Men of the Bible by Moody, Dwight Lyman

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