עַמּוֹנִי
ʻAmmôwnîy · am-mo-nee'
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H5983 (עַמּוֹן);
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ammonite(-s).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַמּוֹנִי 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the ammonite7 · 39%
- and the ammonites3 · 17%
- of the ammonites2 · 11%
- an ammonite1 · 6%
- ammonites1 · 6%
- and with them other beside the ammonites1 · 6%
- the ammonites1 · 6%
- that the ammonite1 · 6%
- of ammon1 · 6%
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.