◄ H6021 ►
עמשׂא
Transliteration
Amasa';
Pronunciation
am-aw-saw'
Parts of Speech
n pr m
Root Word (Etymology)
from 6006
KJV Translation Count — 16x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Amasa (16)
Outline of Biblical Usage
masa = "burden"
1. son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom
2. son of Hadlai and a prince of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz
Strong's Definitions
`Amasa', am-aw-saw'; from 6006; burden; Amasa, the name of two Israelites: — Amasa.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And Absalom made H6021 captain of the host instead of Joab: which H6021 was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
And say ye to H6021, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
Then said the king to H6021, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
So H6021 went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, H6021 went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
And Joab said to H6021, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took H6021 by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
But H6021 took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
And H6021 wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed H6021 out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto H6021 the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and H6021 the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.