H0528 H0528
Amon, Egyptian deity; chief god of Thebes, identified with Zeus by Greeks
The name of a major Egyptian deity, appearing in prophetic oracles against Egypt. Amon (or Amun) was originally the local god of Thebes but rose to become the supreme deity of the Egyptian pantheon, often styled as Amon-Ra after merging with the sun god. Jeremiah 46:25 and Nahum 3:8 both mention 'Amon of Thebes' (No-Amon), linking the god to his chief cult center. The name means 'hidden' or 'concealed,' reflecting the deity's mysterious nature in Egyptian theology.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Multilingual transliteration is straightforward: English 'Amon,' Spanish 'Amón,' French and German preserve 'Amon' or bracket Hebrew. Both biblical contexts involve judgment oracles against Egypt—Jeremiah announcing God will punish 'Amon of Thebes,' and Nahum comparing Nineveh's coming fall to Thebes' historical destruction despite the city's trust in powerful Amon. The prophets assert YHWH's supremacy over even Egypt's greatest deity. 2×
AR["آمُونَ", "أَمُون"]·ben["আমোন", "আমোনের"]·DE["[אמון]"]·EN["Amon"]·FR["Amon", "[אמון]"]·heb["אמון"]·HI["आमोन"]·ID["Amon"]·IT["Amon", "[אמון]"]·jav["Amon"]·KO["아몬", "아몬을"]·PT["Amon"]·RU["Амон", "Амона"]·ES["Amón"]·SW["Amoni"]·TR["Amon", "Amon'u"]·urd["آمون"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. אָמוֹן n.pr. Amon, an Egyptian god Na 3:8 Je 46:25, comp. by Greeks with Zeus (Herod. ii, 42; Diod i. 13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נֹא, called נֹא אָמוֹן Na 3:8, cf. א׳ מִנֹּא Je 46:25), 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…