H6021 עֲמָשָׂא
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 16 KJV occurrences
עֲמָשָׂא
ʻĂmâsâʼ · am-aw-saw'
Definition
Amasa, the name of two Israelites
KJV Renderings
Amasa.
Derivation / Etymology
from H6006 (עָמַס); burden;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 16)
- 2 Samuel 17:25¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
- 2 Samuel 19:13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 20:5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- 2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
- 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:12And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
- 1 Kings 2:32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.