Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient kingdom east of the Jordan River in present-day northwest Jordan. Its capital was Rabbath-Ammon, on the site of present-day Amman, Jordan.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Greek and Roman conception of the Egyptian deity Amen (literally, ‘hidden’), called Amen-Ra, the sun-god, chief of the Theban divine triad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun An ancient people of
Israel .
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Examples
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Ammon is currently carried in the status of Missing.
Ammon, Glendon L. 1966
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The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision
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The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Moab, "together with the land of Ammon," is to be thrown "open to the men of the east," to enter and take possession (Jer 49: 1-39).
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As an adopted grandson of Pharaoh, Moses was automatically a high priest of Ammon. the word Ammon means 'the hidden.”
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[989] Jer 49: 3); and in Eze 21: 26-28, the destruction of Ammon is subjoined to the deposition of Zedekiah.
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This was a famous temple and oracle at Thalamae; and this Pasiphae, some say, was one of the daughters of Atlas, who had by Jupiter a son called Ammon; others are of opinion it was Cassandra, the daughter of king Priam, who, dying in this place, was called
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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And the younger called her son's name Ammon, as the sacred writings say.
Codex Junius 11 Unknown
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"Fear not," said one of the monks called Ammon, "for God is our protection."
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