A name from Scripture
Amnon
AM-non
Meaning
Faithful; Trustworthy; Nurturing
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 2 Samuel
What it points to
Amnon — named 'faithful' but living as a betrayer — warns that the gap between our name and our character is the space where sin does its worst damage. Faithfulness must be lived, not merely labeled.
Verses · King James Version
“Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her.”
2 Samuel 13:15
“Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine... then kill him, fear not.”
2 Samuel 13:28-29