Bible Names

Amon: meaning of the name

Amon means “faithful; true.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Amon in Hebrew and Greek

אָמוֹן H526

ʼÂmôwn (aw-mone') — Amon, the name of three Israelites

the same as H525 (אָמוֹן);

Ἀμών G300

Amṓn — Amon, an Israelite

of Hebrew origin (H0526);

People named Amon in the Bible

Amon in Scripture

“Amon” appears in 18 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Kings 22:26

    And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

  • 2 Kings 21:18

    And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 21:19

    Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

  • 2 Kings 21:23

    And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

  • 2 Kings 21:24

    And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 21:25

    Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 1 Chronicles 3:14

    Amon his son, Josiah his son.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:25

    Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;