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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 - (It is also counted as a land of Rephaim. Rephaim formerly lived there—but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1 - Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:1 - After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites,[fn] came against Jehoshaphat for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:8 - The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the 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 servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building—if a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn] But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:23 - In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
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