Amon אָמוֹן
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| אָמוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | amon |
| Strong's number | H528 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | title |
| Gloss | Amon |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (1) |
Amon (Hebrew אָמוֹן, Strong's H528) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Amon”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
§ Amon or Amun = "to nourish: to be faithful"
an Egyptian god, originally the local god of Thebes, later head of the Egyptian pantheon
an Egyptian god, originally the local god of Thebes, later head of the Egyptian pantheon
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| BSB | amon (1) |
|---|
Verses
Every verse with Amon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 46:25The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).