אַמְנוֹן
ʼAmnôwn · am-nohn'
Amnon (or Aminon), a son of David
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֲמִינוֹן; from H539 (אָמַן); faithful;
Amnon (or Aminon), a son of David
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Amnon.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַמְנוֹן 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and amnon5 · 18%
- amnon4 · 14%
- amnon's2 · 7%
- for amnon2 · 7%
- was amnon1 · 4%
- but amnon1 · 4%
- me? and amnon1 · 4%
- so amnon1 · 4%
- him, amnon1 · 4%
- to amnon1 · 4%
- then amnon1 · 4%
- her. and amnon1 · 4%
- unto her, hath amnon1 · 4%
- unto his brother amnon1 · 4%
- him, that he let amnon1 · 4%
- ye now when amnon's1 · 4%
- unto amnon1 · 4%
- concerning amnon1 · 4%
- were, amnon1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.