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HebrewH5988Proper Noun (Masculine)

עַמִּיאֵל

am.mi.el

6Occurrences
H5988Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ammiel, the name of three or four Israelites

from H5971 (עַם) and H410 (אֵל); people of God;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at ; son of: Gemalli (H1582) § Ammiel = "my kinsman is God" 1) the spy from the tribe of Dan who perished in the plague for his evil report 2) father of Machir of Lo-debar 3) father of Bathsheba; also 'Eliam' 4) the 6th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper of the temple

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עַמִּיאֵל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
2
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:5BSB

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.

1 Chronicles 3:5BSB

and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem:Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

2 Samuel 17:27BSB

When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

2 Samuel 9:4BSB

“Where is he?” replied the king.And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

2 Samuel 9:5BSB

So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.

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