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Am⋅mon

[am-uhn]
–noun
1. the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
2. the ancient country of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River.
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A·men also A·mon or Am·mon   (ä'mən)   
n.   Mythology
The Egyptian god of life and reproduction, represented as a man with a ram's head.
Am·mon 1   (ä'mən)   
n.  Variant of Amen.
Am·mon 2   (ām'ən)   
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.
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Bible Dictionary

Ammon

another form of the name Ben-ammi, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). This name is also used for his posterity (Ps. 83:7).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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