Amnon

Meaning: faithful.

This was the name of two biblical men.

1. one of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; compare 17)

2. the eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1 Chr. 3:1; 2 Sam. 3:2)

   Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of his half-sister Tamar, who he raped (2 Sam. 13:28-29).