עַמּוֹן

amon · Ammon

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5983 · appears 106 times in the Bible

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What it means

amon (עַמּוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ammon”.

The people descended from Ben-ammi; they lived east of the Jordan.

How to say it

a·mon

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.

The place

Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.

Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
Genesis 19:38 Judges 11:4 2 Samuel 10:6 2 Samuel 12:26

Related words

Comes from

עַם am · people

Words that come from it

עַמּוֹנִי amoni · Ammonite

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

Where it appears

Genesis 19:38
The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong.
Deuteronomy 2:19
and you will come near opposite the sons of Ammon. Do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.”
Deuteronomy 2:37
Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not come near, all the bank of the Wadi Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and all that YHWH our Elohim had commanded.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Look, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length and four cubits its width, by the cubit of a man.)
Deuteronomy 3:16
To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the Wadi Arnon, the middle of the wadi as the border, and as far as the Wadi Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
Joshua 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorite, who lived in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
Joshua 13:10
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;
Joshua 13:25
And their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;
Judges 3:13
He gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he went and struck Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
Judges 10:6
The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and served the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; they abandoned YHWH and did not serve him.
Judges 10:7
The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the sons of Ammon.
Judges 10:9
The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in distress greatly.
Judges 10:11
YHWH said to the sons of Israel, “Did I not deliver you from Egypt, from the Amorite, from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
Judges 10:17
The sons of Ammon were summoned and camped in Gilead, and the sons of Israel gathered and camped at Mizpah.
Judges 10:18
The people, the chiefs of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Judges 11:4
After some time the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
Judges 11:5
And when the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.
Judges 11:6
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, and let us fight against the sons of Ammon.”
Judges 11:8
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why we have now come back to you, so that you may go with us and fight against the sons of Ammon and be our head, over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Judges 11:9
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me back to fight against the sons of Ammon, and YHWH gives them over before me, I will be your head.”
Judges 11:12
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is there between me and you, that you have come to me to fight in my land?”
Judges 11:13
The king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took my land when it came up from Egypt, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore return them in peace.”
Judges 11:14
Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon,
Judges 11:15
and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the sons of Ammon.
Judges 11:27
I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by fighting against me. May YHWH, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.”
Judges 11:28
But the king of the sons of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.
Judges 11:29
The spirit of YHWH came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the sons of Ammon.
Judges 11:30
Jephthah made a vow to YHWH and said, “If you will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,
Judges 11:31
then it shall be that the one that comes out, that comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, shall be YHWH’s, and I will offer that one up as a burnt offering.”
Judges 11:32
Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and YHWH gave them into his hand.
Judges 11:33
He struck them from Aroer to the approach of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great blow. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.
Judges 11:36
She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to YHWH; do to me according to what came out of your mouth, now that YHWH has done for you vengeance on your enemies, on the sons of Ammon.”
Judges 12:1
The men of Ephraim were summoned, crossed to Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon and not call us to go with you? Your house we will burn over you with fire!”
Judges 12:2
Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were in a great quarrel with the sons of Ammon, and I cried out to you, but you did not save me from their hand.
Judges 12:3
When I saw that you were not saving, I put my life in my hand and crossed over to the sons of Ammon, and YHWH gave them into my hand. So why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
1 Samuel 11:11
And it came about on the next day that Saul put the people in three groups, and they came into the midst of the camp in the watch of the morning, and they struck Ammon until the heat of the day. And those who remained scattered, and not two of them were left together.
1 Samuel 12:12
But you saw that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when YHWH your Elohim was your king.
1 Samuel 14:47
Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought all around against all his enemies: against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he condemned them.
2 Samuel 8:12
from Aram, from Moab, from the sons of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

And 66 more times.