Amasai — the meaning of the Hebrew name עֲמָשַׂי

עֲמָשַׂי

ʻĂmâsay · pronounced am-aw-sah'-ee · Strong's H6022 · a man

Amasai means burdensome.

Built from

עָמַס ʻâmaç (from, H6006) — to load, i.e. impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction) open in the lexicon ›

from H6006; burdensome; Amasai, the name of three Israelites.

1Chr 6:10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) (KJV)

5 occurrences in 5 verses — 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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