What does עַמּוֹנִי (ʿamwōniy) mean in the Bible?
עַמּוֹנִי (ʿamwōniy): Designates a neighboring eastern nation frequently portrayed as covenant-hostile and religiously antagonistic in biblical narrative.
Hebrew · H5984
עַמּוֹנִי
An Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
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עַמּוֹנִי H5984
Pronunciation ʿamwōniy
What does עַמּוֹנִי (ʿamwōniy) mean in the Bible?
עַמּוֹנִי (ʿamwōniy): Designates a neighboring eastern nation frequently portrayed as covenant-hostile and religiously antagonistic in biblical narrative.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5984?
The BSB source-word alignment has 21 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Ammonite (10), Ammon (2), Ammonite (2), Ammonites (2), of the Ammonites (1).
Where does עַמּוֹנִי (ʿamwōniy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 2:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Nehemiah (6), 1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (4), 1 Samuel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the Ammonite 10× 1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:2, 2 Samuel 23:37, 1 Kings 14:21
Ammon 2× 1 Kings 11:1, Nehemiah 13:23
Ammonite 2× Deuteronomy 23:3, Nehemiah 13:1
Ammonites 2× Ezra 9:1, Nehemiah 4:7
of the Ammonites 1× 1 Kings 11:5
some of the Meunites 1× 2 Chronicles 20:1
The Ammonites 1× 2 Chronicles 26:8
the Ammonitess 1× 2 Chronicles 24:26
though the Ammonites 1× Deuteronomy 2:20
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 2:20 וְהָֽעַמֹּנִ֔ים to though the Ammonites Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Deuteronomy 23:3 עַמּוֹנִ֛י to Ammonite Noun - proper - masculine singular 1 Samuel 11:1 הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔י to the Ammonite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 1 Samuel 11:2 הָעַמּוֹנִ֔י to the Ammonite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 23:37 הָעַמֹּנִ֑יס to the Ammonite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 1 Kings 11:1 עַמֳּנִיּוֹת֙ to Ammon Noun - proper - feminine plural 1 Kings 11:5 עַמֹּנִֽים׃ to of the Ammonites Noun - proper - masculine plural 1 Kings 14:21 הָעַמֹּנִֽית׃ to the Ammonite Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular 1 Kings 14:31 הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית to the Ammonite Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular 1 Chronicles 11:39 הָעַמּוֹנִ֑י to the Ammonite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 2:20
Aligned rows 21
Books represented 8
Deuteronomy 2 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 4 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 4 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 6
Source forms
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔י 1x hā·‘am·mō·w·nî 1 Samuel 11:1
הָעַמּוֹנִ֔י 1x hā·‘am·mō·w·nî 1 Samuel 11:2
הָעַמּוֹנִ֑י 1x hā·‘am·mō·w·nî 1 Chronicles 11:39
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י 1x hā·‘am·mō·w·nî Nehemiah 2:19
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֛ים 1x hā·‘am·mō·w·nîm 2 Chronicles 26:8
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔ית 1x hā·‘am·mō·w·nîṯ 2 Chronicles 24:26
הָֽעַמֹּנִי֙ 1x hā·‘am·mō·nî Ezra 9:1
הָֽעַמֹּנִ֔י 1x hā·‘am·mō·nî Nehemiah 2:10
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 8x 1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:2, 2 Samuel 23:37, 1 Chronicles 11:39
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular 4x 1 Kings 14:21, 1 Kings 14:31, 2 Chronicles 12:13, 2 Chronicles 24:26
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 2x Deuteronomy 2:20, Nehemiah 4:7
Noun - proper - feminine plural 2x 1 Kings 11:1, Nehemiah 13:23
Noun - proper - masculine singular 2x Deuteronomy 23:3, Nehemiah 13:1
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x 2 Chronicles 26:8
Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x 1 Kings 11:5
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 1x 2 Chronicles 20:1
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Designates a neighboring eastern nation frequently portrayed as covenant-hostile and religiously antagonistic in biblical narrative.
Source Gloss
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Designates a neighboring eastern nation frequently portrayed as covenant-hostile and religiously antagonistic in biblical narrative.
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish BDB: Ammonite Usage: Ammonite(-s).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עַמּוֹנִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain