Amok
Who he was
Amok was a priest who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the list of priests who came back with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. Later, during the time of Nehemiah, Amok is recorded as one of the priests who signed the covenant to follow the Law of God and to keep themselves separate from the neighboring peoples.
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Nehemiah 2 mentions
Nehemiah 12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.Nehemiah 12:20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
What the dictionary says
a priest who returned with Zerubbabel.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain