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Strong's #5983 - עַמּוֹן
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- Ammon = "tribal"
- a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi
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עַמּוֹן (i.q. בֶּן־עַמִּי, as is stated, Genesis 19:38, that is, son of my relative, or kindred, i.e. born from incest; from the noun עָם which see No. 1; with the addition of the syllable וֹן, like קַדְמוֹן from קֶדֶם; רִאשׁוֹן from רֹאשׁ) Ammon, pr.n. of a man; the son of Lot by his younger daughter, Genesis 19:30, seqq.; hence of the nation of Ammonites, who were descended from him; who inhabited the land beyond Jordan between the rivers Jabbok and Arnon, 1 Samuel 11:11 more frequently called בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 2:37, 3:16. -Eze. 25:25 בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן is used for אֶרֶץ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, as in Lat. in Bruttios, Samnites profectus est, i.e. into their territories. See Relandi Palæstina, p. 103; and my article in Ersch and Gruber’s Encycl. voc. Ammon, iii. 371. Gent. n. is עַמּוֹנִי, fem. עַמּוֹנִית 1 Kings 11:1; Nehemiah 13:23 plur. עַמּוֹנִיּוֹת 1 Kings 11:1.