עָמִית
ʻâmîyth · aw-meeth'
companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
Lexicon
Derivation: from a primitive root meaning to associate;
companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
- companionship
- hence, (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: another, fellow, neighbour.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמִית 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy neighbour2 · 17%
- unto his neighbour1 · 8%
- his neighbour1 · 8%
- with thy neighbour's1 · 8%
- to another1 · 8%
- in his neighbour1 · 8%
- unto thy neighbour1 · 8%
- ought of thy neighbour's1 · 8%
- of thy neighbour1 · 8%
- another1 · 8%
- that is my fellow1 · 8%
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.