Lexicon :: Strong's H528 - 'āmôn

אָמוֹן
Transliteration
'āmôn
Pronunciation
aw-mone'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Egyptian derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אָמוֹן ʼÂmôwn, aw-mone'; of Egyptian derivation; used only as an adjunct of H4996 Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt:—multitude, populous.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H528 in the following manner: not translated (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H528 in the following manner: not translated (2x).

  1. Amon or Amun = "to nourish: to be faithful"

    1. an Egyptian god, originally the local god of Thebes, later head of the Egyptian pantheon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמוֹן ʼÂmôwn, aw-mone'; of Egyptian derivation; used only as an adjunct of H4996 Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt:—multitude, populous.
STRONGS H528: Abbreviations
† I. אָמוֺן proper name Amon, an Egyptian god Nahum 3:8; Jeremiah 46:25, compare by Greeks with Zeus (Herod.ii. 42; Diodi.13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נאֹ, called נאֹ אָמוֺן Nahum 3:8, compare מִנּאֹ א׳ Jeremiah 46:25 **SpiegelbRandglossen, 43 ff. reads נֹא אָמוֺן (as Nahum 3:8) for אָמוֺן נֹא, and finds in both a Thebes in the Delta.), but subsequently became the supreme god of the Egyptian Pantheon, the successor of the sun-god Ra and so-called Amon Ra. He was the secret god, who hid himself and was difficult to find (Amon = concealment, hidden); see Rawl.Hist, Anc. Egypt, i. 322 Ebers RiHWB. (H525 II. H526 III. אָמוֺן.)
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Jeremiah

46:25; 46:25

Nahum

3:8; 3:8; 3:8