Strong H5985עַמּוֹנִית

Ammonitess

Transliteration
‛ammônîyth
Pronunciation
am-mo-neeth'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Feminine of H5984; an Ammonitess: - Ammonite (-ss).

Detailed definition

A woman from Ammon, an Ammonitess, of Ammon "tribal"
a woman of Ammon
Group of am.mon (עַמּוֹן "Ammon" H5983)

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 H5985 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ammonitess4

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 14:21
    And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
  2. 1 Kings 14:31
    And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
  3. 2 Chronicles 12:13
    So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:26
    And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
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