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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 17 times in 15 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from [fn]Aram, Moab, the sons of Ammon H5983, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that the king of the sons of Ammon H5983 died, and Hanun his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - So David said, “I will show lovingkindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed lovingkindness to me.” So David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants. And David’s servants came to the land of the sons of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the sons of Ammon H5983 said to Hanun their lord, “In your eyes, is David honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 -

Then the sons of Ammon H5983 saw that they had become odious to David. So the sons of Ammon H5983 sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the sons of Ammon H5983 came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the gate of the city. But the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - But the remainder of the people he put in the hand of Abishai his brother; and he arranged them to meet the sons of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - And he said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall save me, but if the sons of Ammon H5983 are too strong for you, then I will come to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - Now the sons of Ammon H5983 saw that the Arameans fled. So they also fled before Abishai and came into the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon H5983 and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - Then all the kings, the servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were [fn]defeated by Israel. So they made peace with Israel and served them. And the Arameans were afraid to save the sons of Ammon H5983 anymore.

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Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when [fn]kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon H5983 and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - ‘Why have you despised the word of Yahweh by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 -

Then Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon H5983 and captured the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also brought out the people who were in it and set them up with saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he used to do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon H5983. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 -

Now it happened that when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon H5983, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,

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