Strong's H558 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֲמַצְיָה (ʼĂmatsyâh)

Pronunciation: am-ats-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Amaziah = "Jehovah is mighty"

Derivation: or אֲמַצְיָהוּ (ʼĂmatsyâhûw); from אָמַץ (ʼâmats) [H553] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; strength of Jah;

Definition: Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites

KJV Renderings: Amaziah.

Senses

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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.