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Lexicon :: Strong's H5984 - ʿammôn

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עַמּוֹן
Transliteration
ʿammôn
Pronunciation
am-mo-nee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patronymically from עַמּוֹן (H5983)
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TWOT Reference: 1642a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עמון (Gesenius) עמוני (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עַמּוֹנִי ʻAmmôwnîy, am-mo-nee'; patronymically from H5983; an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish:—Ammonite(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H5984 in the following manner: Ammonite (17x), Ammon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H5984 in the following manner: Ammonite (17x), Ammon (1x).

  1. Ammonite = see Ammon "tribal"

    1. descendants of Ammon and inhabitants of Ammon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַמּוֹנִי ʻAmmôwnîy, am-mo-nee'; patronymically from H5983; an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish:—Ammonite(-s).
STRONGS H5984: Abbreviations
† עַמּוֹנִי, עַמֹּנִי adjective, of a people Ammonite; — absolute masculine singular עַמּוֹנִי as substantive Deuteronomy 23:4 [Deuteronomy 23:3] an Ammonite (generic), so עַמֹּנִי Nehemiah 13:1; הָעַמּוֺנִי of individual 1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 23:37 = 1 Chronicles 11:39; Nehemiah 2:19, so הָעַמֹּנִי Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 3:35 [Nehemiah 4:3];
[H5985 feminine singular הָעַמֹּנִית 1 Kings 14:21 2 Chronicles 12:13; 1 Kings 14:31, so הָעַמּוֺנִית 2 Chronicles 24:26];
הָעַמֹּנִי as substantive collective Ezra 9:1; masculine plural as substantive עַמֹּנִים 1 Kings 11:5, הָע׳ Deuteronomy 2:20; Nehemiah 4:1 [Nehemiah 4:7], הָעַמּוֺ׳ 2 Chronicles 26:8 (on 2 Chronicles 20:1 see מְעוּנִים); feminine plural as adjective עַמֳּנִיֹּת 1 Kings 11:1, so Nehemiah 13:23 Qr, Kt עמוניות.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:20; 23:3

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:2

2 Samuel

23:37

1 Kings

11:1; 11:5

1 Chronicles

11:39

2 Chronicles

20:1; 26:8

Ezra

9:1

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:19; 4:3; 4:7; 13:1; 13:23

H5984

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Strong's Number H5984 matches the Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ʿammôn),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20 - (It is also regarded as the land of the Rephaim [of giant stature], for Rephaim used to live there, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “An Ammonite or [fn]Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 -

Now Nahash the [fn]Ammonite [king] went up and [fn]besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty [of peace] with us and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite told them, “I will make a treaty with you on this condition, that I will [fn]gouge out the right eye of every one of you, and make it a disgrace upon all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1 -

Now king Solomon [defiantly] loved [fn]many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the [fertility] goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the horror (detestable idol) of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister],

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Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - The Ammonites paid tribute (money) to Uzziah, and his fame spread abroad, even as far as the border of Egypt, for he became very strong.

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When these things were completed, the officials came to me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the repulsive acts of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official heard this, it caused them great displeasure that someone had come to see about the welfare and prosperity of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and regarded us with contempt and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should get up on it, he would break down their stone wall.”

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[fn]But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches were being closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 -

On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses so that the people could hear [its words], and in it was found written that [fn]no Ammonite or Moabite could ever enter the assembly of God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:23 -

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

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