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AMMONITES The descendants of Ammon, or Ben-Ammi, a son of Lot. They destroyed an ancient race of giants called Zamzummim, and seized their country, which lay east of Judea, Deu 2:19-21 . Their territory extended from the Arnon to the Jabbok, and from the Jordan a considerable distance into Arabia. Their capital city was Rabbah, … Continue reading “Ammonites”

Ammonite (Heb., Ammoni’, , Sept. and ; also , children of Ammon; Sept. ), the usual designation of the people descended from Ben-Ammi, the son of Lot by his younger daughter (Gen 19:38; comp. Psa 83:7-8), as Moab was by the elder; and dating from the destruction of Sodom. The near relation between the two … Continue reading “Ammonite”

AMMONIANS See NEW PLATONICS. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Ammonians the disciples of Ammonius Saccas, of the Alexandrian school. His character was so equivocal, that it is disputed whether he was a Heathen or a Christian. Mr. Milner calls him a Pagan Christian, who imagined that all religions, vulgar and philosophical, Grecian and barbarous, Jewish and Gentile, … Continue reading “Ammonians”

Ammonian Sections Divisions of the four Gospels indicated in the margin of nearly all Greek and Latin manuscripts, attributed to Ammonius of Alexandria (c.220) in connection with a harmony of the Gospels. In large part they are due to Eusebius (died 340). These sections differ from our scriptural chapters and verses, which date only from … Continue reading “Ammonian Sections”

Ammonia in Greek mythology, was a surname of Juno at Elis, whither her worship had been brought from Egypt. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ammonaria a virgin and martyr of Alexandria, commemorated in the old Roman martyrology on Dec. 12. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ammon, Saint Sometimes called AMUN or AMUS, born about 350; an Egyptian who, forced into marriage when twenty-two years old, persuaded his wife on the bridal night to pronounce a vow of chastity, which they kept faithfully, though living together for eighteen years; at the end of this time he became a hermit in the … Continue reading “Ammon, Saint”

AMMON, OR NO-AMMON, OR NO A city of Egypt. The name of the city is properly No-Ammon, that is, the seat or dwelling of the god Ammon, Jon 3:8, in the Hebrew. Similar is its Greek name Diospolis, the city of Jupiter-Ammon. In Eze 30:14-16, it is called simply No; and in Jon 3:8 Jer … Continue reading “AMMON, OR NO-AMMON, OR NO”

Ammon-no Am’mon-no. See No-Amon. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Ammon, Jupiter SEE AMON. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature