אָמוֹן
ʼÂmôwn · aw-mone'
Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: of Egyptian derivation; used only as an adjunct of H4996 (נֹא)
Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: multitude, populous.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָמוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the multitude1 · 50%
- than populous1 · 50%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.