אַמִּיץ
ʼammîyts · am-meets'
strong or (abstractly) strength
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אַמִּץ; from H553 (אָמַץ);
strong or (abstractly) strength
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: courageous, mighty, strong (one).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to pursue the straight path
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַמִּיץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was strong1 · 17%
- and mighty1 · 17%
- lo, he is strong1 · 17%
- and strong one1 · 17%
- for that he is strong1 · 17%
- and he that is courageous1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.