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Lexicon :: Strong's H5997 - ʿāmîṯ

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עָמִית
Transliteration
ʿāmîṯ
Pronunciation
aw-meeth'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primitive root meaning to associate
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TWOT Reference: 1638a

Strong’s Definitions

עָמִית ʻâmîyth, aw-meeth'; from a primitive root meaning to associate; companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man:—another, fellow, neighbour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H5997 in the following manner: neighbour (9x), another (2x), fellow (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H5997 in the following manner: neighbour (9x), another (2x), fellow (1x).

  1. relation, neighbour, associate, fellow

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמִית ʻâmîyth, aw-meeth'; from a primitive root meaning to associate; companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man:—another, fellow, neighbour.
STRONGS H5997: Abbreviations
† [עָמִית] noun masculineLeviticus 18:20 associate, fellow, relation (perhaps originally feminine abstract association, compare פֶּחָה); — always suffix: גֶּבֶר עֲמִיתִי Zechariah 13:7 a man (who is) my fellow; elsewhere only Leviticus: עֲמִיתוֺ Leviticus 5:21 (twice in verse); reciprocal אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֺ Leviticus 19:11; Leviticus 24:19, cf. Leviticus 25:17; עֲמִיתְךָ Leviticus 18:20, עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:15; Leviticus 19:17; Leviticus 25:14 (twice in verse); Leviticus 25:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

18:20; 18:20; 19:11; 19:15; 19:17; 24:19; 25:14; 25:15; 25:17

Zechariah

13:7

H5997

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5997 matches the Hebrew עָמִית (ʿāmîṯ),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - (LXX 5:21) The soul which shall have sinned, and wilfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbour in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbour,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:20 - And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19 - And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbour, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if thou shouldest sell a possession to thy neighbour, or if thou shouldest buy of thy neighbour, let not a man oppress his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - According to the number of years after the jubilee shalt thou buy of thy neighbour, according to the number of years of the fruits shall he sell to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - Let not a man oppress his neighbour, and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - Awake, O sword, against my [fn]shepherds, and against the man who is my citizen, saith the Lord Almighty: [fn] smite the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring mine hand upon the little ones.
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