Help QuickNav Adv. Options
YLT

YLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5983 - ʿammôn

Choose a new font size and typeface
עַמּוֹן
Transliteration
ʿammôn
Pronunciation
am-mone'
Listen
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5983 matches the Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ʿammôn),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the Bene-Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake Jehovah, and have not served Him;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the Bene-Ammon,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - And the Bene-Ammon pass over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel hath great distress.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11 - And Jehovah saith unto the sons of Israel, 'Have I not saved you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, from the Bene-Ammon, and from the Philistines?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - And the Bene-Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people -- heads of Gilead -- say one unto another, 'Who is the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - and they say unto Jephthah, 'Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, 'Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head -- to all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, 'If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me -- I, am I to you for a head?'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, 'What -- to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, 'Because Israel took my land in his coming up out of Egypt, from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; and now, restore them in peace.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - and saith to him, 'Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - And I -- I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil -- to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29 - and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, 'If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand --

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards -- a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she saith unto him, 'My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, 'Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthah saith unto them, 'A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?'
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
YLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
YLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan