Strong H5984H5984Hעַמּוֹנִי

Ammon

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5984

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

Definition

Ammon, a nation descended from Lot, and its capital Rabbah, often in conflict with Israel.

General definition

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

In the biblical story

Ammon

An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel.

Ammon, a nation descended from Lot, and its capital Rabbah, often in conflict with Israel.

In the Bible

Strong H5984H appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ammonite9
  • ammonites6
  • ammon1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 2:20
    (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
  2. Deuteronomy 23:3
    An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
  3. 1 Samuel 11:1
    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
  4. 1 Samuel 11:2
    And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
  5. 2 Samuel 23:37
    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  6. 1 Kings 11:1
    But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
  7. 1 Kings 11:5
    For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  8. 1 Chronicles 11:39
    Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
  9. 2 Chronicles 26:8
    And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
  10. Ezra 9:1
    Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
  11. Nehemiah 2:10
    When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
  12. Nehemiah 2:19
    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
  13. Nehemiah 4:3
    Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
  14. Nehemiah 4:7
    But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
  15. Nehemiah 13:1
    On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
  16. Nehemiah 13:23
    In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
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