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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - ‘Why have you despised the word of the LORD, by doing evil in His sight? You have struck and killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, you have taken his wife as your wife, and you have slaughtered him with the sword of the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also brought out the people who were in it, and put some to work at saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and made [fn]others [fn]serve at the brick [fn]works. And he did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon H5983. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:27 -

Now 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,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab, on the mountain that is [fn]east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abhorrent idol of the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - because they have abandoned Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon H5983; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and keeping My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the king defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites H5983. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon H5983, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 -

Now it came about after this, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon H5983 died, and his son became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon H5983 to Hanun to console him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the commanders among the sons of Ammon H5983 said to Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have his servants not come to you to search, to demolish, and to spy out the land?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 -

When the sons of Ammon H5983 saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon H5983 sent [fn]a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped opposite Medeba. And the sons of Ammon H5983 gathered together from their cities and came to the battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - The sons of Ammon H5983 came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - But the remainder of the people he placed [fn]under the command of [fn]Abshai his brother; and they lined up against the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:12 - He said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon H5983 are too strong for you, then I will help you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - When the sons of Ammon H5983 saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from his brother Abshai and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - So when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been [fn]defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. So the Arameans were not willing to help the sons of Ammon H5983 anymore.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Then it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon H5983, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - He brought out the people who were in it, and [fn]put them to work at saws, iron picks, and axes. And David did the same to all the cities of the sons of Ammon H5983. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 -

Now it came about after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon H5983, together with some of the [fn]Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - “Now behold, the sons of Ammon H5983, Moab, and [fn]Mount Seir, whom You did not allow Israel to invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (for they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon H5983, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were struck down.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - For the sons of Ammon H5983 and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, completely destroying them; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought with the king of the Ammonites H5983 and prevailed over them so that during that year the Ammonites H5983 gave him [fn]a hundred talents of silver, [fn]ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites H5983 also paid him this amount in the second year and in the third.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 -

Gebal, Ammon H5983, and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 -

They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west;

Together they will plunder the [fn]people of the east;

[fn]They will possess Edom and Moab,

And the sons of Ammon H5983 will be [fn]subject to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon H5983, Moab, and all those inhabiting the desert who trim the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:21 - To Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon H5983;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - and send [fn]word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the sons of Ammon H5983, the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon [fn]by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon H5983 and in Edom, and who were in all the other countries, heard that the king of Babylon had [fn]left a remnant for Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - and said to him, “Are you well aware that Baalis the king of the sons of Ammon H5983 has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put in the custody of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:1 -

Concerning the sons of Ammon H5983. This is what the LORD says:

“Does Israel have no sons?

Or has he no heirs?

Why then has [fn]Malcam taken possession of Gad,

And his people settled in its cities?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 -

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,

“When I will cause an alarm of war to be heard

Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon H5983;

And it will become a desolate heap,

And her towns will be set on fire.

Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,”

Says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:6 -

“But afterward I will restore

The fortunes of the sons of Ammon H5983,”

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - “You shall [fn]mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon H5983, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 -

“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says concerning the sons of Ammon H5983 and their taunting,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, sharpened for the slaughter, to make it [fn]consume, so that it may be like lightning

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:2 - “Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon H5983 and prophesy against them,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - and say to the sons of Ammon H5983, ‘Hear the word of the Lord [fn]GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says: “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - “I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon H5983 a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:10 - and I will give it as a possession along with the sons of Ammon H5983 to the [fn]people of the east, so that the sons of Ammon H5983 will not be remembered among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - “He will also enter the [fn]Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the foremost of the sons of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three offenses of the sons of Ammon H5983, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead

In order to enlarge their borders.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 -

“I have heard the taunting of Moab

And the abusive speech of the sons of Ammon H5983,

With which they have taunted My people

And boasted against their territory.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 -

“Therefore, as I live,” declares the LORD of armies,

The God of Israel,

“Moab will assuredly be like Sodom,

And the sons of Ammon H5983 like Gomorrah

Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines,

And a permanent desolation.

The remnant of My people will plunder them,

And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”


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