Word Study · Strong's H526 · Hebrew
אָמוֹן
Amon
aw-mone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÂmôwn
“Amon, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Amon, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Amon.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- אָמ֖וֹן6
- אָמ֥וֹן3
- אָמ֣וֹן3
- אָמ֑וֹן2
- אָמוֹן֩1
- אָמֽוֹן׃1
- אָמֹ֣ן1
How it is rendered · 1
- Amon17
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)17
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 17
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles6 of 17 · 35%
- 2 Kings5 of 17 · 29%
- Jeremiah2 of 17 · 12%
- 1 Kings1 of 17 · 6%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 17 · 6%
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2 Kings5 occurrences
- 2 Kings 21:18אָמ֥וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.here: Amon
- 2 Kings 21:19אָמ֣וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.here: Amon
- 2 Kings 21:23אָמ֖וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.here: Amon
- 2 Kings 21:24אָמ֑וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.here: Amon
- 2 Kings 21:25אָמ֖וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?here: Amon
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 18:25אָמ֣וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,here: Amon
- 2 Chronicles 33:20אָמ֥וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.here: Amon
- 2 Chronicles 33:21אָמ֣וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.here: Amon
- 2 Chronicles 33:22אָמ֖וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,here: Amon
- 2 Chronicles 33:23אָמ֖וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.here: Amon
- 2 Chronicles 33:25אָמ֑וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.here: Amon
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 1:2אָמ֖וֹןʾamonproper noun (a name)The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,here: Amon
- Jeremiah 25:3אָמוֹן֩ʾamonproper noun (a name)“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.here: Amon
Same headword in Strong's