THAMNA(Θάμνα: Eth. Θαμνίτης), a large village of Palestine near Lydda, on the way to Jerusalem, which gave its name to the Toparchia Thamnitica. (Ptol. 5.16.8; Joseph. B. J. 3.3, 5.4; Plin. Nat. 5.1. s. 15; Euseb. Onom. s. v.;Steph. B. s. v.;Robinson, Bibl. Res. vol. 2. p. 239, seq., 2nd ed.)