Ammah — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַמָּה

אַמָּה

ʼAmmâh · pronounced am-maw' · Strong's H522 · a place

Ammah means Ammah, a hill in Palestine.

Built from

אַמָּה ʼammâh (the same as, H520) — properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H520; Ammah, a hill in Palestine.

First appearance

2Sam 2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. (KJV)

Every verse that names Ammah

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Samuel

2Sam 2:24

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