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# עַמּוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5983

**Ammon** — used 106 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Ammon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5983/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עַמּוֹן: pr. gent. Ammon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5983/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. gent. Ammon, 𝔊 Αμμαν, Αμμων (Assyrian Bît Ammanu COTGloss.);—always (except 1 S 11:11 \[where however 𝔊 reads בְּנֵי ע׳\], ψ 83:8, which have ע׳ alone) בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, connected by J with בֶּן־עַמִּי son of Lot Gn 19:38 (and meaning of name doubtless sought herein by J; cf. ii. עַם); people apparently akin to Isr., but usually hostile, dwelling E. of Jordan, NE. of Moab, between Arnon and Jabbok: Nu 21:24(×2) (JE), Dt 2:19(×2), 37; 3:11, 16; Jos 12:2; 13:10 (D), v 25 (P), Ju 3:13; 10:6 + 25 times Ju 10–12; 1 S 11:11; 12:12; 14:47; 2 S 8:12; 10:1 + 14 times 2 S 10–12, 17:27; 1 K 11:7, 33; 2 K 23:13; 24:2; 1 Ch 18:11 + 20 times Ch, Am 1:13; Is 11:14; Je 9:25 + 9 times Je, Zp 2:8, 9; Ez 21:25, 33 + 5 times Ez 25; Dn 11:41.—Vid. CheAmmon in Ency. Bib.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Ammon (104); Ammon (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 83:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.8/#tree)

גְּבָ֣ל וְ֭עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת עִם־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* Gebal and Ammon and Amalek Philistia with the.inhabitants of.Tyre

*JPS 1917:* Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

[Jeremiah 25:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.21/#tree)

אֶת־אֱד֥וֹם וְאֶת־מוֹאָ֖ב וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* (et) Edom and (et) Moab and (et) the.people of.Ammon

*JPS 1917:* Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5983.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5983/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).