Amnon

In Bible versions:

Amnon: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of King David and Ahinoam
the son of Shimon of Judah

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faithful and true; tutor

Arts:

Arts Topics: Amnon and Tamar

Hebrew

Strongs #0550: Nwnma 'Amnown or Nwnyma 'Amiynown

Amnon = "faithful"

1) oldest son of David, rapist of Tamar, slain by Absalom
2) a son of Shimon (of Caleb's clan)

550 'Amnown am-nohn'

or uAmiynown {am-ee-nohn'}; from 539; faithful; Amnon (or
Aminon), a son of David:-Amnon.
see HEBREW for 0539

Amnon [EBD]

faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; comp. 17).

(2.) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of Tamar (2 Sam. 13:28, 29).

Amnon [NAVE]

AMNON
1. Son of David, 2 Sam. 3:2; 1 Chr. 3:1.
Incest of, and death, 2 Sam. 13.
2. Son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20.

AMNON [SMITH]

(faithful).

1. Eldest son of David. (B.C. 1052.) He dishonored his half-sister Tamar, and was in consequence murdered by her brother. (2 Samuel 13:1-29)
2. Son of Shimon. (1 Chronicles 4:20)

AMNON [ISBE]

AMNON - am'-non ('amnon, "faithful"; compare 'aminon, 2 Sam 13:20, which is probably a diminutive. Wellhausen (IJG, II, 24, note 2) resolves 'amiynown into 'immi, and nun, "my mother is the serpent"; compare NUN):

(1) The eldest son of David and Ahinoam, the Jezreelites (compare 2 Sam 3:2). As the crown prince and heir presumptive to the throne, he was intensely hated by Absalom, who was, therefore, doubly eager to revenge the outrage committed by Amnon upon his sister Tamar (2 Sam 3:2; 13:1 ff, 1 Ch 3:1).

(2) A name in the genealogy of Judah (1 Ch 4:20).