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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 - And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare food for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Send out everyone from me.” So everyone went out from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:10 - Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up! Go!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And her brother Absalom said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king’s sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And the spirit of the king[fn] longed to go out[fn] to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:1 - These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite,

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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 sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
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