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H5983 עַמּוֹן (ʻAmmôwn) am-mone'
Hebrew
Noun (Masculine)
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Ammon

Biblical Persons & Places

Ammon Ammon
A location first mentioned at Gen.19.38; referred to as Ammon or Ammonite (עַמּוֹן), or Ammon or Ammonite (עַמּוֹנִי), or Ammonitess (עַמּוֹנִית), or Rabbah (KJV= Rabbath) (רַבָּה).

Strong's Definition

Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country

Derivation: from H5971 (עַם); tribal, i.e. inbred;

KJV Usage: Ammon, Ammonites.

TWOT Reference: 1642

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ammon = "tribal"
1) a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Ammon = "tribal" a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַמּוֹן ‛ammôn BDB Definition: Ammon = tribal 1) a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5971 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1642 Total KJV Occurrences: 91

Bible Occurrences (98)

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