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Amasai

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6022

עֲמָשַׂי

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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4287

מַ֫חַת

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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H287

אֲחִימוֹת

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

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Historical dictionary entry

Burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35). (2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the “stronghold,” probably of Adullam (1 Chr. 12:18). (3.) One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 15:24). (4.) The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the cleansing of the temple (2 Chr. 29:12).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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