H0550 H0550
Amnon; proper name meaning 'faithful,' borne chiefly by David's eldest son and a Judahite descendant of Shimon.
Amnon (Hebrew 'amon, 'faithful') is primarily known as David's eldest son, whose crime against his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by Absalom form one of the most disturbing narratives in the Succession History (2 Sam 13:1-39). The name also belongs to a descendant of Shimon in the genealogies of Judah (1 Chr 4:20). Variant spellings include Aminon (2 Sam 13:20) and the defective Amnon (1 Chr 3:1). All major translations transliterate rather than translate, preserving the Hebrew form across languages.
Senses
1. Amnon — The personal name Amnon, meaning 'faithful' or 'trustworthy.' The primary bearer is David's firstborn son, whose assault on Tamar and murder by Absalom drive the dynastic crisis narrative in 2 Samuel 13. Spelled as Aminon in 2 Sam 13:20 and defectively in 1 Chr 3:1. A second, lesser-known Amnon appears in the Judahite genealogies (1 Chr 4:20). Spanish, French, and German all transliterate the name uniformly as 'Amnon,' reflecting its stable proper-noun status. 28×
AR["أَمنونَ", "أَمنونُ", "أَمْنُونَ"]·ben["অম্নোন", "অম্নোন", "অম্নোনকে", "অম্নোনের"]·DE["Amnon"]·EN["Amnon"]·FR["Amnon"]·heb["אמנון"]·HI["अम्नोन", "अम्नोन-का", "अम्नोन-की", "अम्नोन-के", "अम्नोन-ने"]·ID["Amnon"]·IT["Amnon"]·jav["Amnon"]·KO["암논", "암논만", "암논을", "암논의", "암논의가", "암논이", "암논이라"]·PT["'Amnon"]·RU["Амнон", "Амнона", "Амноном"]·ES["Amnon", "Amnón"]·SW["Amnoni"]·TR["Amnon", "Amnon'dan", "Amnon'la", "Amnon'u", "Amnon'un"]·urd["امنون", "امنون-نے", "امنون-کا", "امنون-کی"]
2 Sam 3:2, 2 Sam 13:1, 2 Sam 13:2, 2 Sam 13:2, 2 Sam 13:3, 2 Sam 13:4, 2 Sam 13:6, 2 Sam 13:6, 2 Sam 13:7, 2 Sam 13:8, 2 Sam 13:9, 2 Sam 13:10 (+16 more)
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
† אַמְנוֹן n.pr.m. (faithful) 1. eldest son of David 2 S 3:2; 13:1–39; = אֲמִינוֹן 2 S 13:20; = אַמְנֹן 1 Ch 3:1. 2. a son of Shimon 1 Ch 4:20.