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 · H6007
a.mas.yah — Amasiah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.16; son of: Zichri (H2147N) § Amasiah = "Jehovah is strength" son of Zichri and captain of 200,000 warriors of Judah in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2147
zikh.ri — Zichri
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.6.21; son of: Izhar (H3324); brother of: Korah (H7141I), Nepheg (H5298) and Shelomith (H8019A) § Zichri = "memorable" 1) the father of Eliezer, the chief of the Reubenites in the reign of David 2) the father of Amasiah, a descendant of Judah 3) a son of Izhar and grandson of Kohath 4) a descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses 5) a son of Asaph, elsewhere called 'Zabdi' and 'Zaccur' 6) a priest of the family of Abijah, in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua 7) a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shimhi 8) a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shashak 9) a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Jeroham 10) father of Joel and descendant of Benjamin 11) a father of Elishaphat, one of the conspirators with Jehoiada 12) a Ephraimite hero in the invading army of Pekah the son of Remaliah
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Burden of (i.e., “sustained by”) Jehovah, the “son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord,” a captain over thousands under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:16; comp. Judg. 5:9).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
