BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6021
a.ma.sa — Amasa
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.17.25; son of: Jether (H3500H) and Abigail (H0026H) § Amasa = "burden" 1) son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom 2) son of Hadlai and a prince of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5176
na.chash — Nahash
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.11.1 § Nahash = "serpent" 1) a king of the Ammonites during the time of king Saul 2) the father of Abigail, the mother of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3500
ye.ter — Jether
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jdg.8.20; son of: Gideon (H1439); brother of: Abimelech (H0040H) and Jotham (H3147) § Jether = "abundance" 1) father-in-law of Moses 2) oldest son of Gideon 3) father of Jephunneh and the chief of a line of warriors of the line of Asher 4) father of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army 5) son of Jada, a descendant of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah 6) a son of Ezra, a Judaite
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6022
a.ma.say — Amasai
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.25; son of: Elkanah (H0511I); father of: Ahimoth (H0287) § Amasai = "burdensome" 1) a warrior and chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag 2) a Kohathite Levite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel 3) a priest who blew the trumpet before the ark 4) another Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4287
ma.chat — Mahath
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12; son of: Amasai (H6022J) § Mahath = "grasping" 1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah 2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2311
chad.lay — Hadlai
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.28.12; father of: Amasa (H6021H) § Hadlai = "rest of God" an Ephraimite
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H287
a.chi.mot — Ahimoth
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.25; son of: Amasai (H6022); father of: Elkanah (H0511J); also called Mahath at 1Ch.6.35; Also named: ma.chat (מַ֫חַת "Mahath" H4287I) § Ahimoth = "brother of death" or "my brother is death" a son of Elkanah, a Levite
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3501
yit.ra — Ithra
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.17.25; married to Abigail (H0026H); father of: Amasa (H6021); also called Ithra at 2Sa.17.25; Another name of ye.ter (יֶ֫תֶר "Jether" H3500H) § Ithra = "abundance" father of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army; also 'Jether'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20228
diamasaomai — carp at
carp at
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Burden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1 Chr. 2:17; 2 Sam. 17:25). He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab (2 Sam. 19:13), who afterwards treacherously put him to death as a dangerous rival (2 Sam. 20:4-12). (2.) A son of Hadlai, and chief of Ephraim (2 Chr. 28:12) in the reign of Ahaz.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
