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Meunite

עַמּוֹנִיStrong’s H5984

ammoni (am-mo-ni)

Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ammoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “ammonite”, “ammonites” and “some of the ammonites”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

“(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;”
Deuteronomy 2:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Someone descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.41
How it's translated
  • the ammonite 12
  • and the ammonites 2
  • an ammonite 2
  • ammonite 2
  • ammonites 1
  • some of the ammonites 1
  • the ammonites 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Nehemiah 6
  • 1 Kings 4
  • 2 Chronicles 4
  • Deuteronomy 2
  • 1 Samuel 2
  • 2 Samuel 1

8 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עַמּוֹנִי ammoni · Meunite

Someone descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.41 Group of me.u.ni (מְעוּנִים "Meunite" H4586) § Ammonite, of Ammon "tribal" descendants of Ammon and inhabitants of Ammon

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “ammonite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

AM'MONITE, noun

[Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's horns.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.