This is the name of the place Ammon: An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel.
Definition
from H5971; tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
Traditional renderings: Ammon, Ammonites.
Traditional renderings: Ammon, Ammonites.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
106 total
- Ezekiel 25:10 (2×)עַמּ֔וֹן · the Ammonites; עַמּ֖וֹן · the AmmonitesI will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.
- Daniel 11:41עַמּֽוֹן׃He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
- Amos 1:13עַמּ֔וֹןThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
- Zephaniah 2:8עַמּ֑וֹן“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- Zephaniah 2:9עַמּוֹן֙Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”