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 · H573
a.mit.tay — Amittai
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.14.25; father of: Jonah (H3124) § Amittai = "my truth" the father of Jonah the prophet
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3124
yo.nah — Jonah
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.14.25; son of: Amittai (H0573) Also named: Iōnas (Ἰωνᾶς "Jonah" G2495H) § Jonah = "dove" son of Amittai and a native of Gath-hepher; 5th of the minor prophets who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II and whom God sent also to prophecy to Nineveh
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →True, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
