HebrewH0526Proper Noun (Masculine)

אָמוֹן

a.mon

17Occurrences
H0526Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Amon, the name of three Israelites

the same as H525 (אָמוֹן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Amon = "skilled workman" or "master workman" 1) a king of Judah, son of Manasseh 2) a governor of Samaria 3) a descendant of a servant of Solomon

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אָמוֹן appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

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

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:14BSB

Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

2 Chronicles 33:20BSB

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 33:23BSB

but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

2 Kings 21:19BSB

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

2 Kings 21:25BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.