עָמַס
ʻâmaç · aw-mas'
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
Lexicon
Derivation: or עָמַשׂ; a primitive root;
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמַס 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and laded1 · 11%
- did lade1 · 11%
- put1 · 11%
- with those that laded1 · 11%
- and lading1 · 11%
- loadeth1 · 11%
- were heavy loaden1 · 11%
- which are borne1 · 11%
- all that burden1 · 11%
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.