Taken by the Chaldee and Septuagint version as an appellative for stout and valiant men. They dwelt east of the Jordan in the time of Abraham, when they were subdued by Chedorlaomer and his allies, Ge 14:5, and are supposed to have been the same race of giants called Zamzummim in De 2:20.

One of the nations defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies when they went against the cities of the plain (Ge 14:5). It is described as being in Ham. This name is read by some as Cham (i.e. with initial heth, not he as in Massoretic Text) and regarded as possibly Identical with 'Amman (interchange between the aspirates heth and 'ayin), the Ammonites being descended from Ben-ammi, son of Lot's second daughter (Ge 19:35). This Identification of Ammon with Ham has led to the suggestion that Zuzim and Zamzummim (De 2:20-23) were the same, by the contraction of am and um to

ZUZIM. See ZAMZUMMIM.