ʻAmmôwn — H5983

H5983 · Hebrew — עמון

Pronunciation: am-mone'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country

  1. Ammon = "tribal"
  2. a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

Usually translated as

Ammon, Ammonites

Origin

from H5971; tribal, i.e. inbred

Occurrences

ʻAmmôwn occurs 105 times in 97 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (3), Judges (27), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (15), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (13), 2 Chronicles (5), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (9), Ezekiel (6), Daniel (1), Amos (1), Zephaniah (2)