ʻÂmôwq — H5987

Definition

masculine proper noun

Amok, an Israelite

1. Amok = "to be deep"
2. a priest who returned with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Amok

Origin

from H6009; deep

• Derived from ʻâmaq (H6009)

Occurrences

ʻÂmôwq occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (2)

• Nehemiah 12:7 — Sallu, Amok (עָמ֔וֹק), Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
• Nehemiah 12:20 — Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok (לְעָמ֥וֹק), Eber;