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title: אַמִּיץ — mighty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַמִּיץ (533), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: mighty. BDB 1906: adj. mighty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַמִּיץ

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«אַמִּיץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mighty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 533 · **BDB:** אַמִּיץ

### Glosses

a.strong.\[one\] (3); strong (2); the.\[person\].strong (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mighty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/533/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. mighty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/533/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (אַמִּץ) adj. mighty—א׳ abs. 2 S 15:12 + 2 times; cstr. Jb 9:4 + 2 times—mighty, of Absalom’s conspiracy 2 S 15:12; elsewhere of persons; as subst., instrum. of י׳ (i.e. Assyrians) Is 28:2 (‖ חָזָק); א׳ לִבּוֹ = valiant, conqueror Am 2:16; of י׳, חֲכַם לֵבָב וְא׳ כֹּחַ Jb 9:4; cf. כֹּחַ א׳ v 19 (v. Di \& RV), א׳ כֹּחַ Is 40:26 (‖ רֹב אוֹנִים). Is 40:26 read probably אֹמֶץ (𝔊).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַמִּיץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/533/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.4/)

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חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* wise of.heart and strong of.power who? has.he.shown.stubbornness to him and he.has.remained.unharmed

*JPS 1917:* He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?

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[Job 9:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.19/)

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אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* if to power a.strong.\[one\] there! and if to justice who? will he.summon.me

*JPS 1917:* If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?

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