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Amasiah meaning

Amasiah in Biblical Hebrew
עמסיה
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🔼The name Amasiah: Summary

Meaning
Yah Bears, Carried By Yah
Etymology
From (1) the verb עמס ('amas), to carry, and (2) יה (yah), the name of the Lord.
Related names
• Via עמס ('amas): Amasa, Amasai, Amos
• Via יה (yah): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of yah-names.

🔼The name Amasiah in the Bible

The name Amasiah occurs only one time in the Bible. During the time of the virtuous king Jehoshaphat, Judah expanded and became wealthy and strong. Amasiah, son of Zichri, is mentioned as captain of 200,000 valiant warriors who volunteered for YHWH and served the king.

🔼Etymology of the name Amasiah

The name Amasiah consists of two elements. The first part comes from the verb עמס ('amas), meaning to carry:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עמש  אמס

Both the verbs עמש ('amas) and עמס ('amas) mean to load or carry a load. Noun מעמסה (ma'amasa) means load or burden.

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The second part of the name Amasiah is the appellative יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHWH, or Yahweh.

🔼Amasiah meaning

For a meaning of the name Amasiah, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Bears and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Carried Of The Lord.