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I. אָמוֺן proper name Amon, an Egyptian god Nah 3:8; Jer 46:25, compare by Greeks with Zeus (Herod.ii. 42; Diodi.13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נאֹ, called נאֹ אָמוֺן Nah 3:8, compare מִנּאֹ ׳ א Jer 46:25
SpiegelbRandglossen, 43 ff. reads נֹא אָמוֺן (as Nah 3:8) for אָמוֺן נֹא
, and finds in both a Thebes in the Delta.), 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 to find (Amon = concealment, hidden); see Rawl.Hist, Anc.
Egypt, i. 322
Ebers
RiHWB. (II. III. אָמוֺן.)