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Lexicon :: Strong's H6021 - ʿămāśā'

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עֲמָשָׂא
Transliteration
ʿămāśā'
Pronunciation
am-aw-saw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֲמָשָׂא ʻĂmâsâʼ, am-aw-saw'; from H6006; burden; Amasa, the name of two Israelites:—Amasa.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H6021 in the following manner: Amasa (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H6021 in the following manner: Amasa (16x).

  1. Amasa = "burden"

    1. son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom

    2. son of Hadlai and a prince of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲמָשָׂא ʻĂmâsâʼ, am-aw-saw'; from H6006; burden; Amasa, the name of two Israelites:—Amasa.
STRONGS H6021: Abbreviations
עֲמָשָׂא16 proper name, masculine (compare עמס, ענשׂ ? or read עַמִּשַׂי (II. עַם + יִשַׂי), WeIsrael u. Jüd. Geschichte. 24, compare GrayProp. N. 44, 323); —
1. Absalom's general 2 Samuel 17:25 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 19:14 + 8 times 2 Samuel 20; 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Chronicles 2:17 (twice in verse), Greek Version of the LXX Αμεσς(α)ει, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αμεσσα.
2. Ephraimite 2 Chronicles 28:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

17:25; 19:14; 20

1 Kings

2:5; 2:32

1 Chronicles

2:17

2 Chronicles

28:12

H6021

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6021 matches the Hebrew עֲמָשָׂא (ʿămāśā'),
which occurs 16 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man [fn]whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - (LXX 19:14) And ye shall say to Amessai, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4 - And the king said to Amessai, Call to me the men of Juda for three days, and do thou be present here.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - And they were by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab [fn]had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - And Joab said to Amessai, Art thou in health, my brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his [fn]bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:12 - And Amessai was weltering in blood in the midst of the way. And a man saw that all the people stood still; and he removed Amessai out of the path into a field, and he cast a garment upon him, because he saw every one that came to him standing still.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he slew them, and [fn]shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, even Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17 - And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab was Jothor the Ismaelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12 - And the chiefs of the sons of Ephraim rose up, Udias the son of Joanas, and Barachias the son of Mosolamoth, and Ezekias the son of Sellem, and Amasias the son of Eldai, against those that came from the war,
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