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עֲמָשַׂי

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Amasai

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12; father of: Mahath (H4287) § Amasai = "burdensome" 1) a warrior and chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag 2) a Kohathite Levite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel 3) a priest who blew the trumpet before the ark 4) another Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עֲמָשַׂי proper name, masculine (compare foregoing); —

1. warrior of David 1Chr 12:19 (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:18), Αμασαι, perhaps = אֲבִישִׁי (2Sam 23:18).
2. Levites:
  a. 1Chr 6:10; 1Chr 6:20 (עֲמָשָׂ֑י).
  b. 2Chr 29:12.
  c. priest 1Chr 15:24.

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