Strong's #6021: `Amasa' (pronounced am-aw-saw')

from 6006; burden; Amasa, the name of two Israelites:--Amasa.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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‛ămâśâ'

Amasa = "burden"

1) son of Ithra or Jether by Abigail the sister of David and general of the army of Absalom

2) son of Hadlai and a prince of Ephraim in the reign of king Ahaz

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from H6006

Usage:

This word is used 16 times:

 

2 Samuel 17:25: "And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa"
2 Samuel 17:25: "of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra"
2 Samuel 19:13: "And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do"
2 Samuel 20:4: "Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah"
2 Samuel 20:5: " So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time"
2 Samuel 20:8: "stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment"
2 Samuel 20:9: "And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took"
2 Samuel 20:9: "my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss"
2 Samuel 20:10: " But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote"
2 Samuel 20:12: " And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that"
2 Samuel 20:12: "stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast"
1 Kings 2:5: "unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed"
1 Kings 2:32: "captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host"
1 Chronicles 2:17: "And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite."
1 Chronicles 2:17: "Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite."
2 Chronicles 28:12: "of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up"