Strong H5984H5984Gעַמּוֹנִי

Meunite

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5984

Transliteration
‛ammônîy
Pronunciation
am-mo-nee'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Someone descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.41
Group of me.u.ni (מְעוּנִים "Meunite" H4586)

General definition

Patronymic from H5983; an Ammonite or (adjectively) Ammonitish: - Ammonite (-s).

In the biblical story

Meunites

A people group who were enemies of Israel.

The Meunites were a people group who lived near Israel and were enemies of God's people (1Ch.4.41; 2Ch.26.7; 20.1).

In the Bible

Strong H5984G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ammonites1

First verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 20:1
    It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
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