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Lexicon :: Strong's H5983 - ʿammôn

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עַמּוֹן
Transliteration
ʿammôn
Pronunciation
am-mone'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1642

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עמון.

Strong’s Definitions

עַמּוֹן ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'; from H5971; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country:—Ammon, Ammonites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x

The KJV translates Strong's H5983 in the following manner: Ammon (90x), Ammonites (with H1121) (13x), Ammonites (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 105x
The KJV translates Strong's H5983 in the following manner: Ammon (90x), Ammonites (with H1121) (13x), Ammonites (2x).

  1. Ammon = "tribal"

    1. a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַמּוֹן ʻAmmôwn, am-mone'; from H5971; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country:—Ammon, Ammonites.
STRONGS H5983: Abbreviations
עַמּוֹן 106 proper name, of a people Ammon, Greek Version of the LXX Αμμαν, Αμμων (Assyrian Bît Ammanu COTGlossary); always (except 1 Samuel 11:11 [where however Greek Version of the LXX reads בְּנֵי ע׳], Psalm 83:8, which have ע׳ alone) בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, connected by J with בֶּןעַֿמִּי son of Lot Genesis 19:38 (and meaning of name doubtless sought herein by J; compare II. עַם); people apparently akin to Israel, but usually hostile, dwelling east of Jordan, northeast of Moab, between Arnon and Jabbok: Numbers 21:24 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 2:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 3:11, 16; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:10 (D), Joshua 13:25 (P), Judges 3:13; Judges 10:6 + 25 times Judges 10-12, 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 8:12; 2 Samuel 10:1 + 14 times 2 Samuel 10-12; 2 Samuel 17:27; 1 Kings 11:7, 33; 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings 24:2; 1 Chronicles 18:11 + 20 times Chronicles, Amos 1:13; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 9:25 + 9 times Jeremiah, Zephaniah 2:8, 9; Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 21:33 + 5 times Ezekiel 25; Daniel 11:41. — See CheAmmon in Ency. Bib.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:38

Numbers

21:24

Deuteronomy

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

Joshua

12:2; 13:10; 13:25

Judges

3:13; 10; 10:6; 11; 12

1 Samuel

11:11; 11:11; 12:12; 14:47

2 Samuel

8:12; 10; 10:1; 11; 12; 17:27

1 Kings

11:7; 11:33

2 Kings

23:13; 24:2

1 Chronicles

18:11

Psalms

83:8

Isaiah

11:14

Jeremiah

9:25

Ezekiel

21:25; 25

Daniel

11:41

Amos

1:13

Zephaniah

2:8; 2:9

H5983

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Strong's Number H5983 matches the Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ʿammôn),
which occurs 106 times in 98 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:38–2Sa 11:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - And the younger also bore a son, and called his name Amman, saying, The son of my family. This is the father of the Ammanites to this present day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - and ye shall draw nigh to the children of Amman: do not quarrel with them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Amman for an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - Only we did not draw near to the children of Amman, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jaboc, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og the king of Basan was left of the Raphain: behold, his bed was a bed of iron; behold, it is in the [fn]chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it is nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - And to Ruben and to Gad I gave the land under Galaad as far as the brook of Arnon, the border between the brook and as far as Jaboc; the brook is the border to the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, [fn]on the side of the valley, and half of Galaad as far as Jaboc, the borders of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - All the cities of Seon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Esebon to the coasts of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - And their borders were Jazer, all the cities of Galaad, and half the land of the children of Ammon to Araba, which is before Arad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and smote Israel, and [fn]took possession of the city of Palm-trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Astaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Phylistines; and they forsook the Lord, and did not serve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of the Phylistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - And the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight with Juda, and Benjamin, and with Ephraim; and the children of Israel were greatly afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11 - And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Did I not save you from Egypt and from the Amorite, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Phylistines,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - And the children of Ammon went up, and encamped in Galaad; and the children of Israel were gathered together and encamped [fn]on the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people the princes of Galaad said every man to his neighbour, Who is he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to thee, [fn]that thou shouldest go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, If ye turn me back to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord should deliver them before me, then will I be your head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - And Jephthae sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have I to do with thee, that thou hast come against me to fight in my land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthae, Because Israel took my land when he went up out of Egypt, from Arnon to Jaboc, and to Jordan: now then return them peaceably and I will depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - And Jephthae again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - and said to him, Thus says Jephthae, Israel took not the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - And now [fn]I have not sinned against thee, but thou wrongest me in preparing war against me: may the Lord the Judge judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthae, which he sent to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29 - And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthae, and he passed over Galaad, and Manasse, and passed by the watch-tower of Galaad to the other side of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then it shall come to pass that whosoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord's: I will offer him up for a whole-burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he smote them from Aroer till one comes to Arnon, in number twenty cities, and as far as Ebelcharmim, with a very great destruction: and the children of Ammon were straitened before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she said to him, Father, hast thou opened thy mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as the word went out of thy mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for thee on thine enemies of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - And the men of Ephraim [fn]assembled themselves, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthae said to them, [fn]I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and ye did not save me out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - And I saw that thou [fn]wert no [fn]helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - And it came to pass [fn]on the morrow, that Saul [fn]divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the children of Ammon until the day was hot; and it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - And ye saw that Naas king of the children of Ammon came against you, and ye said, Nay, none but a king shall reign over us; whereas the Lord our God is our king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - And Saul received the kingdom, by lot he inherits the office of ruling over Israel: and he fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against the children of Edom, and against Bæthæor, and against the king of Suba, and against the Philistines: whithersoever he turned, he was victorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - out of Idumea, and out of Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec, and from the spoils of Adraazar son of Raab king of Suba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1 - And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Annon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - And David said, I will shew mercy to Annon the son of Naas, as his father dealt mercifully with me. And David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants; and the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Annon their lord, Is it to honour thy father before thee that David has sent comforters to thee? Has not David rather sent his servants to thee that they should search the city, and spy it out and examine it?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed; and the children of Ammon sent, and hired the Syrians of Bæthraam, and the Syrians of Suba, and Roob, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Amalec with a thousand men, and Istob with twelve thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the children of Ammon went forth, and set the battle in array by the door of the gate: those of Syria, Suba, and Roob, and Istob, and Amalec, being by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall ye help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will we be ready to help thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abessa, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - And all the kings the servants of Adraazar saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, and they went over to Israel, and served them: and Syria was afraid to [fn]help the children of Ammon any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - And it came to pass when the time of the year for kings going out to battle had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.

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