ʼAmtsîy — H557

Definition

masculine proper noun

Amtsi, an Israelite

1. Amzi = "my strength"
2. a Levite
3. the ancestor of a returned exile in the priestly line

Usually translated as

Amzi

Origin

from H553; strong

• Derived from ʼâmats (H553)

Occurrences

ʼAmtsîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 6:46 — The son of Amzi (אַמְצִ֥י), the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
• Nehemiah 11:12 — And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi (אַמְצִ֣י), the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,