ʼĂmatsyâh — H558

H558 · Hebrew — אמציה

Pronunciation: am-ats-yaw'

Other spellings: ʼĂmatsyâhûw אֲמַצְיָהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites

  1. Amaziah = "Jehovah is mighty"
  2. a king of Judah, son Joash, father of Azariah
  3. a priest of Bethel under Jeroboam II
  4. father of Joshah, of the tribe of Simeon
  5. a Levite tabernacle singer in David's day

Usually translated as

Amaziah

Origin

or ʼĂmatsyâhûw; from H553 and H3050; strength of Jah

Occurrences

ʼĂmatsyâh occurs 40 times in 39 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (19), Amos (3)

Strong's Lexicon — A