H5983 עַמּוֹן (ʻAmmôwn) am-mone'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

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

עַמּוֹן (am.mon) — Ammon.

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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַמֹּון (H5983)

name · עַמֹּונִי

Names of Groups | Names of Locations

Ammon = nation; ◄ situated E. of river Jordan; according to GEN 19:38 founded by Ben-Ammi, son of Lot

GEN 19:38 · NUM 21:24 · NUM 21:24 · DEU 2:19 · DEU 2:19 · DEU 2:37 · DEU 3:11 · DEU 3:16 · JOS 12:2 · JOS 13:10 · JOS 13:25 · JDG 3:13 · JDG 10:6 · JDG 10:7 · JDG 10:9 · JDG 10:11 · JDG 10:17 · JDG 10:18 · JDG 11:4 · JDG 11:5 · JDG 11:6 · JDG 11:8 · JDG 11:9 · JDG 11:12 · JDG 11:13 · JDG 11:14 · JDG 11:15 · JDG 11:27 · JDG 11:28 · JDG 11:29 · JDG 11:30 · JDG 11:31 · JDG 11:32 · JDG 11:33 · JDG 11:36 · JDG 12:1 · JDG 12:2 · JDG 12:3 · 1SA 11:11 · 1SA 12:12 · 1SA 14:47 · 2SA 8:12 · 2SA 10:1 · 2SA 10:2 · 2SA 10:3 · 2SA 10:6 · 2SA 10:6 · 2SA 10:8 · 2SA 10:10 · 2SA 10:11 · 2SA 10:14 · 2SA 10:14 · 2SA 10:19 · 2SA 11:1 · 2SA 12:9 · 2SA 12:26 · 2SA 12:31 · 2SA 17:27 · 1KI 11:7 · 1KI 11:33 · 2KI 23:13 · 2KI 24:2 · 1CH 18:11 · 1CH 19:1 · 1CH 19:2 · 1CH 19:3 · 1CH 19:6 · 1CH 19:6 · 1CH 19:7 · 1CH 19:9 · 1CH 19:11 · 1CH 19:12 · 1CH 19:15 · 1CH 19:19 · 1CH 20:1 · 1CH 20:3 · 2CH 20:1 · 2CH 20:10 · 2CH 20:22 · 2CH 20:23 · 2CH 27:5 · 2CH 27:5 · 2CH 27:5 · PSA 83:8 · ISA 11:14 · JER 9:25 · JER 25:21 · JER 27:3 · JER 40:11 · JER 40:14 · JER 41:10 · JER 41:15 · JER 49:1 · JER 49:2 · JER 49:6 · EZK 21:25 · EZK 21:33 · EZK 25:2 · EZK 25:3 · EZK 25:5 · EZK 25:10 · EZK 25:10 · DAN 11:41 · AMO 1:13 · ZEP 2:8 · ZEP 2:9

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַמּוֹן 106 n.pr.gent. Ammon base

Bible Occurrences (98)

19:38

21:24

2:19 2:37 3:11 3:16

12:2 13:10 13:25

3:13 10:6 10:7 10:9 10:11 10:17 10:18 11:4 11:5 11:6 11:8 11:9 11:12 11:13 11:14 11:15 11:27 11:28 11:29 11:30 11:31 11:32 11:33 11:36 12:1 12:2 12:3

11:11 12:12 14:47

8:12 10:1 10:2 10:3 10:6 10:8 10:10 10:11 10:14 10:19 11:1 12:9 12:26 12:31 17:27

11:7 11:33

23:13 24:2

18:11 19:1 19:2 19:3 19:6 19:7 19:9 19:11 19:12 19:15 19:19 20:1 20:3

20:1 20:10 20:22 20:23 27:5

83:7

11:14

9:26 25:21 27:3 40:11 40:14 41:10 41:15 49:1 49:2 49:6

21:20 21:28 25:2 25:3 25:5 25:10

11:41

1:13

2:8 2:9

Genesis 19:38

The younger [daughter] also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi.... He is the father of the Ammonites... of today.

Numbers 21:24

And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok — but only up to the border of the Ammonites........., because it was fortified.

Deuteronomy 2:19

But when you get close to the Ammonites..., do not harass them... or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites... -. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as [their] possession.

Deuteronomy 2:37

But... you did not go near the land of the Ammonites..., or [the land] along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim.... His bed... of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide -, [is still] in Rabbah of the Ammonites....

Deuteronomy 3:16

and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites....

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River the border of the Ammonites) that is, half of Gilead,

Joshua 13:10

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites...;