עֲמָשָׂא
ʻĂmâsâʼ · am-aw-saw'
Amasa, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6006 (עָמַס); burden;
Amasa, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Amasa.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲמָשָׂא 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- amasa5 · 31%
- and amasa3 · 19%
- to amasa2 · 13%
- which amasa1 · 6%
- ye to amasa1 · 6%
- so amasa1 · 6%
- but amasa1 · 6%
- and unto amasa1 · 6%
- of amasa1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.