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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Ammonite, & Moabites Destroyed
Torrey Topical Textbook
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American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• בֵּן בְּנו, , לַבֵּן
• עַמּוֹן
• עַמּוֹנִי

AM'MONITE, n.Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's horns.

Serpent-stone, or cornu ammonis, a fossil shell, curved into a spiral, like a ram's horn of various sizes, from the smallest grains to three feet in diameter. This fossil is found in stratums of limestone and clay, and in argillaceous iron ore. It is smooth or ridged the ridges strait, crooked or undulated.