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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

H5983

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Strong's Number H5983 matches the Hebrew עַמּוֹן (ʿammôn),
which occurs 106 times in 98 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:38–2Sa 11:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon H5983 unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: H5983 for the border of the children of Ammon H5983 was strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, H5983 distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon H5983 any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - Only unto the land of the children of Ammon H5983 thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? H5983 nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, H5983 unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon H5983 and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, H5983 and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Moreover the children of Ammon H5983 passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11 - And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, H5983 and from the Philistines?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:17 - Then the children of Ammon H5983 were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? H5983 he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:4 - And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon H5983 made war against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - And it was so, that when the children of Ammon H5983 made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, H5983 and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, H5983 and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, H5983 saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the children of Ammon H5983 answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon H5983 hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon H5983 into mine hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, H5983 shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon H5983 to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon H5983 were subdued before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, H5983 and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; H5983 and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, H5983 and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites H5983 until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon H5983 came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, H5983 and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, H5983 and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1 - And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon H5983 died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - And the princes of the children of Ammon H5983 said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - And when the children of Ammon H5983 saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon H5983 sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the children of Ammon H5983 came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon H5983 be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - And when the children of Ammon H5983 saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, H5983 and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon H5983 any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, H5983 and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

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