עַמּוֹן
ʻAmmôwn · am-mone'
Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5971 (עַם); tribal, i.e. inbred;
Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
- Ammon, a son of Lot
- also, his posterity and their country
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ammon, Ammonites.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַמּוֹן 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
106 occurrences · 106 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ammon89 · 85%
- of the ammonites4 · 4%
- to the ammonites2 · 2%
- concerning the ammonites2 · 2%
- the ammonites1 · 1%
- and ammon1 · 1%
- and among the ammonites1 · 1%
- against the ammonites1 · 1%
- unto the ammonites1 · 1%
- and the ammonites1 · 1%
- with the ammonites1 · 1%
- that the ammonites1 · 1%
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.