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HebrewH6021Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֲמָשָׂא

a.ma.sa

11Occurrences
H6021Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Amasa, the name of two Israelites

from H6006 (עָמַס); burden;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֲמָשָׂא appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
7
1 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:17BSB

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

1 Kings 2:32BSB

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

2 Samuel 17:25BSB

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

2 Samuel 20:5BSB

So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

2 Samuel 20:9BSB

“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.