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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 is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:20 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - “ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not lie. “ ‘Do not deceive one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - “ ‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19 - Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - “ ‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:17 - Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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