ʻĂmâsâʼ — H6021

H6021 · Hebrew — עמשא

Pronunciation: am-aw-saw'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Amasa, the name of two Israelites

  1. Amasa = "burden"
  2. son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom
  3. son of Hadlai and a prince of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz

Usually translated as

Amasa

Origin

from H6006; burden

Occurrences

ʻĂmâsâʼ occurs 16 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (8), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1)