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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.
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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 - (That area was once considered the land of the Rephaites, who had lived there, though the Ammonites call them Zamzummites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - About a month later,[fn] King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - “All right,” Nahash said, “but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek from Ammon;
Naharai from Beeroth, Joab’s armor bearer;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1 - Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech,[fn] the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek from Ammon;
Naharai from Beeroth, Joab’s armor bearer;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 - After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites[fn] declared war on Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - The Meunites[fn] paid annual tribute to him, and his fame spread even to Egypt, for he had become very powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of my arrival, they were very displeased that someone had come to help the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Tobiah the Ammonite, who was standing beside him, remarked, “That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn]But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the work was going ahead and that the gaps in the wall of Jerusalem were being repaired, they were furious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:23 - About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
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