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ʾămaṣyāhū אֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ ‘Amaziah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāmēṣ אָמֵץ ‘to strengthen’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: אמץ יה

ʾămaṣyāhū pr n m pers
Amaziah = "Jehovah is mighty"
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

Mentioned in 2 Kings 12:22, 14:21, 15:3, 14:8, 14:23, 14:13, 14:17, 14:9, 13:12, 14:1, 14:11, 14:15, 14:18, 15:1 Amos 7:12, 7:10, 7:14 1 Chronicles 3:12, 4:34, 6:30 2 Chronicles 25:5, 26:1, 26:4, 25:20, 25:14, 25:25, 25:27, 25:26, 25:9, 25:10, 25:15, 25:17, 25:18, 24:27, 25:11, 25:13, 25:1, 25:23, 25:21

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