ʼammîyts — H533
H533 · Hebrew — אמיץ
Pronunciation: am-meets'
Other spellings: ʼammits אַמִּץ
Definition
adjective
strong or (abstractly) strength
- strong, mighty
Usually translated as
strong, courageous, mighty
Origin
or (shortened) ʼammits; from H553
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
ʼammîyts occurs 6 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (2), Isaiah (2), Amos (1)
- 2 Samuel 15:12 — And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong (אַמִּ֔ץ); for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty (וְאַמִּ֣יץ) in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
- Job 9:19 — If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong (אַמִּ֣יץ): and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
- Isaiah 28:2 — Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one (וְאַמִּץ֙), which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong (וְאַמִּ֣יץ) in power; not one faileth.
- Amos 2:16 — And he that is courageous (וְאַמִּ֥יץ) among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
Strong's Lexicon — A