King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6021
Transliteration: Amasa
Phonetic Spelling: (am-aw-saw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: two Israelites
Meaning: Amasa -- two Israelites
Word Summary
Amasa: two Israelites
Original Word: עֲמָשָׂאTransliteration: Amasa
Phonetic Spelling: (am-aw-saw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: two Israelites
Meaning: Amasa -- two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Amasa From amac; burden; Amasa, the name of two Israelites -- Amasa.
see HEBREW amac
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6021. Amasa
עֲמָשָׂא proper name, masculine (compare ענשׂ עמס, ? 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); 19:14 8t. 2 Samuel 20; 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Chronicles 2:17 (twice in verse), ᵐ5 Αμεσς(α)ει, ᵐ5L Αμεσσα.
2 Ephraimite2 Chronicles 28:12.