H528. Amon
I. אָמוֺן proper name Amon, an Egyptian god [Nahum 3:8]; [Jer 46:25], compare by Greeks with Zeus (Herod.ii. 42; Diodi.13), Ἀμμῶν. He was originally the local deity of Thebes (= נאֹ, called אָמוֺן נאֹ [Nahum 3:8], compare ׳א מִנּאֹ [Jer 46:25] **SpiegelbRandglossen, 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 RiHWB. (II. III. אָמוֺן.)