עַמּוֺן106 proper name, of a people Ammon, ᵐ5 Αμμαν, Αμμων (Assyrian Bît Ammanu COTGlossary); always (except [1Sam 11:11] [where however ᵐ5 reads ׳בְּנֵי ע], [Ps 83:8], which have ׳ע alone) בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן, connected by J with בֶּןעַֿמִּי son of Lot [Gen 19:38] (and meaning of name doubtless sought herein by J; compare II. עַם); people apparently akin to Israel, but usually hostile, dwelling east of Jordan, northeast of Moab, between Arnon and Jabbok: [Num 21:24] (twice in verse) (JE), [Deut 2:19] (twice in verse); [Deut 2:37]; [Deut 3:11]; [Deut 3:16]; [Josh 12:2]; [Josh 13:10] (D), v[Josh 13:25] (P), [Judg 3:13]; [Judg 10:6] + 25 t. Judg 10-12, [1Sam 11:11]; [1Sam 12:12]; [1Sam 14:47]; [2Sam 8:12]; [2Sam 10:1] + 14 t. 2 Sam 10-12; [2Sam 17:27]; [1Kgs 11:7]; [1Kgs 11:33]; [2Kgs 23:13]; [2Kgs 24:2]; [1Chr 18:11] + 20 t. Chronicles, [Amos 1:13]; [Isa 11:14]; [Jer 9:25] + 9 t. Jeremiah, [Zeph 2:8]; [Zeph 2:9]; [Ezek 21:25]; [Ezek 21:33] + 5 t. [Ezek 25]; . — See CheAmmon in Ency. Bib.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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