BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1151
ben-am.mi — Ben-ammi
A man of Ammon living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.19.38; son of: Lot (H3876) and his second daughter (H3876I); half-brother of Moab (H4124H) § Ben-ami = "son of my people" son of Lot, born to his second daughter, progenitor of the Ammonites
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5983
am.mon — Ammon
§ Ammon = "tribal" a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi
92 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3876
lot — Lot
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.27; son of: Haran (H2039); brother of: Milcah (H4435) and Iscah (H3252); father of: daughter1_of_Lot (H3876H), daughter2_of_Lot (H3876I), Moab (H4124H), Ben-ammi (H1151) Also named: Lōt (Λώτ "Lot" G3091) § Lot = "covering" son of Haran and Abraham's nephew who settled in Sodom and was delivered from its destruction by God
30 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Son of my kindred; i.e., “born of incest”, the son of Lot by his youngest daughter (Gen. 19:38).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
