STRONGS NUMBER H528

H528. Amon

I. אָמוֺן‎ proper name Amon, an Egyptian god Nahum 3:8; Jeremiah 46:25, compare by Greeks with Zeus (Herod.^{ii. 42}; Diod^i.13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נאֹ‎, called אָמוֺן נאֹ‎ Nahum 3:8, compare ׳א מִנּאֹ‎ Jeremiah 46:25 **Spiegelb^{Randglossen, 43 ff.} reads אָמוֺן נֹא‎ (as Nahum 3:8) for נֹא אָמוֺן‎, 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 Ri^HWB. (II. III. אָמוֺן‎.)