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Amoz meaning

Amoz in Biblical Hebrew
אמוץ
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🔼The name Amoz: Summary

Meaning
Strong
Etymology
From the verb אמץ ('ames), to be or become strong.
Related names
• Via אמץ ('ames): Amaziah, Amzi, Ozem

🔼The name Amoz in the Bible

There's only one man in the Bible with the name Amoz. He is the father of Isaiah the prophet and is mentioned about a dozen times, only in that capacity (2 Kings 19:2, 2 Chronicles 26:22, Isaiah 1:1).

🔼Etymology of the name Amoz

The name Amoz is identical to the adjective אמוץ ('amos), from the verb אמץ ('ames), meaning to be or become strong:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
אמץ

The verb אמץ ('ames) means to be or become strong. Nouns אמץ ('omes), אמצה ('amsa) and מאמץ (ma'amasa) mean strength or power. Adjectives אמוץ ('amos) and אמיץ ('ammis) mean strong or mighty.

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🔼Amoz meaning

For a meaning of the name Amoz, both NOBSE Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names read Strong. BDB Theological Dictionary doesn't translate the name Amoz but does equate it with the adjective meaning strong.