ammonitish

ammonitish
am·mon·it·ish

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  • ammonitish — I. ˈaməˌnīd.ish adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Ammonite (III) + ish : ammonite IV II. noun Usage: usually capitalized …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ammonite — Ammonitish, adj. /am euh nuyt /, n. 1. an inhabitant of Ammon. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the Ammonites. [1605 15; AMMON + ITE1] * * * ▪ people       any member of an ancient Semitic people whose principal city was Rabbath Ammon (Amman), in… …   Universalium

  • Ammon — or Ammonites (Hebrew Name|עַמּוֹן|ʻAmmon|ʻAmmôn| People ), also referred to in the Bible as the children of Ammon, were a people (also known from Assyrian and other records) living east of the Jordan river whose origin the Old Testament traces to …   Wikipedia

  • Ammonite —    The usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). From the very beginning (Deut. 2:16 20) of their history till they are lost sight of (Judg. 5:2), this tribe is closely associated with the Moabites (Judg. 10:11; 2 Chr.… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Minnith —    Distribution, an Ammonitish town (Judg. 11:33) from which wheat was exported to Tyre (Ezek. 27:17). It was probably somewhere in the Mishor or table land on the east of Jordan. There is a gentle valley running for about 4 miles east of Dhiban… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Rehoboam —    He enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah the Ammonitess, some well known Ammonitish princess (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 12:13). He was forty one years old when he… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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