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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 Box Lev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:20 - And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19 - If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - You shall pay your neighbor according to the number of years after the jubilee, and he shall sell to you according to the number of years for crops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the LORD of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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