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Lexicon :: Strong's H550 - 'amnôn

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אַמְנוֹן
Transliteration
'amnôn
Pronunciation
am-nohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אַמְנוֹן ʼAmnôwn, am-nohn'; or אֲמִינוֹן ʼĂmîynôwn; from H539; faithful; Amnon (or Aminon), a son of David:—Amnon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H550 in the following manner: Amnon (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H550 in the following manner: Amnon (28x).

  1. Amnon = "faithful"

    1. oldest son of David, rapist of Tamar, slain by Absalom

    2. a son of Shimon (of Caleb's clan)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַמְנוֹן ʼAmnôwn, am-nohn'; or אֲמִינוֹן ʼĂmîynôwn; from H539; faithful; Amnon (or Aminon), a son of David:—Amnon.
STRONGS H550: Abbreviations
אַמְנוֺן proper name, masculine (faithful)
1. eldest son of David 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 13; = אֲמִינוֺן 2 Samuel 13:20; = אַמְנֹן 1 Chronicles 3:1.
2. a son of Shimon 1 Chronicles 4:20.

אֲמִינוֺן diminutive, so Ew§ 167 a compare Wi. § 269, or text error; compare Dr 2 Samuel 13:20, see אַמְנוֺן above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

3:2; 13; 13:20; 13:20

1 Chronicles

3:1; 4:20

H550

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H550 matches the Hebrew אַמְנוֹן ('amnôn),
which occurs 28 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:2 - Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - He asked Amnon, "Why are you, the king's son, so depressed every morning? Can't you tell me?" So Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - So David sent Tamar to the house saying, "Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, and baked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, "Get everyone out of here!" So everyone left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and leave!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom said to her, "Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take it so seriously!" Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom said, "If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us." The king replied to him, "Why should he go with you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king's sons along with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So Absalom's servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king's sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah, said, "My lord should not say, 'They have killed all the young men who are the king's sons.' For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about from the day that Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - Now don't let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, 'All the king's sons are dead.' It is only Amnon who is dead."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:1 - These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:20 - The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.
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