ʼÂmôwn — H528

Definition

masculine proper noun

Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt

1. Amon or Amun = "to nourish: to be faithful"
2. an Egyptian god, originally the local god of Thebes, later head of the Egyptian pantheon

Usually translated as

multitude, populous

Origin

of Egyptian derivation; used only as an adjunct of H4996

• Nôʼ (H4996)

Occurrences

ʼÂmôwn occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1), Nahum (1)

• Jeremiah 46:25 — The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude (אָמ֣וֹן) of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
• Nahum 3:8 — Art thou better than populous (אָמ֔וֹן) No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?