amon · Amon

What it means

amon (אָמוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Amon”.

A name that, according to the lexicon, means "craftsman, skilled." It is borne by the governor of the city of Samaria (1 Kings 22:26), by a king of Judah (2 Kings 21:19) and by another man (Nehemiah 7:59). It is not the people of Ammon, which is spelled differently in Hebrew.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×5
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×6
• Nehemiah×1
• Jeremiah×2
• Zephaniah×1

• 1 Kings 22:26

  The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and bring him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,

• 2 Kings 21:18

  Manasseh lay down with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzzah; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 21:19

  Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

• 2 Kings 21:23

  The servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house.

• 2 Kings 21:24

  But the people of the land struck all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made king Josiah his son in his place.

• 2 Kings 21:25

  The rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

• 1 Chronicles 3:14

  Amon, his son; Josiah, his son.

• 2 Chronicles 18:25

  The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and bring him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,

• 2 Chronicles 33:20

  Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in his house; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 33:21

  Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 33:22

  He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, as Manasseh his father had done; and to all the carved images that Manasseh his father had made Amon sacrificed, and he served them.

• 2 Chronicles 33:23

  He did not humble himself before YHWH, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but he, Amon, multiplied guilt.

• 2 Chronicles 33:25

  But the people of the land struck all who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made king Josiah his son in his place.

• Nehemiah 7:59

  the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Amon.

• Jeremiah 1:2

  to whom the word of YHWH came in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign;

• Jeremiah 25:3

  “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day —these twenty-three years— the word of YHWH has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened.

• Zephaniah 1:1

  The word of YHWH that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.