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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 2 / 2 (2Sa 12:9–Zep 2:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, H5983 and took the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. H5983 So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 - And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, H5983 and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, H5983 and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, H5983 did the king defile.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, H5983 and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, H5983 and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 - Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon H5983 died, and his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon H5983 to Hanun, to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the children of Ammon H5983 said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - And when the children of Ammon H5983 saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon H5983 sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon H5983 gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the children of Ammon H5983 came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:12 - And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon H5983 be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - And when the children of Ammon H5983 saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon H5983 any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, H5983 and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. H5983 And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 - It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, H5983 and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - And now, behold, the children of Ammon H5983 and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, H5983 Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - For the children of Ammon H5983 and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon H5983 gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon H5983 pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 - Gebal, and Ammon, H5983 and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon H5983 shall obey them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, H5983 and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:21 - Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, H5983 and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, H5983 and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites H5983 hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:1 - Concerning the Ammonites, H5983 thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; H5983 and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:6 - And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, H5983 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, H5983 and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, H5983 and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:2 - Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, H5983 and prophesy against them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - And say unto the Ammonites, H5983 Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites H5983 a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:10 - Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, H5983 and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites H5983 may not be remembered among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, H5983 and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, H5983 whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 - Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon H5983 as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

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