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 · H5996
am.mi.shad.day — Ammishaddai
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.12; father of: Ahiezer (H0295) § Ammishaddai = "my kinsman is Almighty" father of Ahiezer, prince of the tribe of Dan at the time of the exodus
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H295
a.chi.e.zer — Ahiezer
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.12; son of: Ammishaddai (H5996) § Ahiezer = "my brother is help" 1) a Danite chief who assisted Moses 2) a Danite chief, one of David's heroes
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →People of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:12; 2:25). This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai, “Almighty.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
