Original Word: אָמוֹן
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Amon
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-mone')
Short Definition: Amon I. אָמוֺן proper name Amon, an Egyptian god Nahum 3:8; Jeremiah 46:25, compare by Greeks with Zeus (Herod.^{ii. 42}; Diod^i.13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נאֹ, called נאֹ אָמוֺן Nahum 3:8, compare מִנּאֹ ׳א Jeremiah 46:25 **Spiegelb^{Randglossen, 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 Ri^HWB. (II. III. אָמוֺן.)

multitude, populous

Of Egyptian derivation; Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt (used only as an adjunct of No') -- multitude, populous.

see HEBREW No'

אָמ֔וֹן אמון ’ā·mō·wn ’āmōwn aMonInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts