AMMI
my people, a name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hos. 2:1, Hos. 2: 23. 1:9; Ezek. 16:8; Rom. 9:25, Rom. 9: 26; 1-Pet 2:10).......
AMMIEL
people of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan (Num. 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Num. 14:37). (2.) The father of Machir of Lo-debar, in whose house Mephibosheth resided (2-Sam 9:4, 2-Sam 9: 5;17:27). (3.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of David (1-Chr 3:5). He is call......
AMMIHUD
people of glory; i.e., "renowned." (1.) The father of the Ephraimite chief Elishama, at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:10;2:18;7:48, 7: 53). (2.) Num. 34:20. (3.) Num. 34:28. (4.) The father of Talmai, king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon (2-Sam 13:37). (5.) The son of Omri, and the father of Uthai (1-Chr 9:4).......
AMMINADAB
kindred of the prince. (1.) The father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah (Num. 1:7;2:3;7:12, 7: 17;10:14). His daughter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Exo 6:23). (2.) A son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1-Chr 6:22), called also Izhar (2, 18). (3.) Chief of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the Levite (1-Chr 15:10, 1-Chr 15: 11).......
AMMINADIB
a person mentioned in 6:12, 6: whose chariots were famed for their swiftness. It is rendered in the margin "my willing people," and in the Revised Version "my princely people."......
AMMISHADDAI
people of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:12;2:25). This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai, "Almighty."......
AMMIZABAD
people of the giver, the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host under David (1-Chr 27:6).......
BEN-AMMI
son of my kindred; i.e., "born of incest", the son of Lot by his youngest daughter (Gen. 19:38).......
EPHES-DAMMIM
boundary of blood, a place in the tribe of Judah where the Philistines encamped when David fought with Goliath (1-Sam 17:1). It was probably so called as having been the scene of frequent sanguinary conflicts between Israel and the Philistines. It is called Pas-dammim (1-Chr 11:13). It has been identified with the modern Beit Fased, i.e., "house of bleeding", near Shochoh (q.v.).......
LO-AMMI
not my people, a symbolical name given by God's command to Hosea's second son in token of Jehovah's rejection of his people (Hos. 1:9, Hos. 1: 10), his treatment of them as a foreign people. This Hebrew word is rendered by "not my people" in ver. 10;2:23. ......
PAS-DAMMIM
the border of blood = Ephes-dammim (q.v.), between Shochoh and Azekah (1-Sam 17:1; 1-Chr 11:13).......
SHUNAMMITE
a person of Shunem (1-Kings 1:3; 2-Kings 4:12). The Syr. and Arab. read "Sulamite." ......