HebrewH5984Noun

עַמּוֹנִי

am.mo.ni

18Occurrences
H5984Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish

patronymically from H5983 (עַמּוֹן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Group of me.u.ni (*מְעוּנִים *"Meunite" H4586) § Ammonite, of Ammon "tribal" descendants of Ammon and inhabitants of Ammon

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--PG

Full Description

N:N--PG

Occurrences

עַמּוֹנִי appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
4
2 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
4
1 Samuel
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Deuteronomy
1
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:39BSB

Zelek the Ammonite,Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

1 Kings 14:21BSB

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Samuel 11:2BSB

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”

2 Chronicles 24:26BSB

Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

Deuteronomy 2:20BSB

(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.

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