King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5997
Transliteration: amith
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-meeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an associate, fellow, relation
Meaning: companionship, a comrade, kindred man
Word Summary
amith: an associate, fellow, relation
Original Word: עָמִיתTransliteration: amith
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-meeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: an associate, fellow, relation
Meaning: companionship, a comrade, kindred man
Strong's Concordance
another, fellow, neighbor From a primitive root meaning to associate; companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man -- another, fellow, neighbour.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5997. amith
[עָמִית] noun masculineLeviticus 18:20 associate, fellow, relation (perhaps originally feminine abstract association, compare מֶּחָה); — always suffix: עֲמִיתִי גֶּבֶר Zechariah 13:7 a man (who is) my fellow; elsewhere only Leviticus: עֲמִיתוֺ Zechariah 5:21 (twice in verse); reciprocal בַּעֲמִיתוֺ אִישׁ Zech 19:11; Zech 24:19, cf . Zech 25:17; עֲמִיתְךָ Zech 18:20, עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ Zech 19:15; Zech 19:17; Zech 25:14 (twice in verse); Zech 25:15.
עַמִּיאֵל and similar proper names see below I. עמם.