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title: אֲמַצְיָה — Amaziah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲמַצְיָה (558), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Amaziah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲמַצְיָה

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«אֲמַצְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Amaziah** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 558 · **BDB:** אֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Amaziah (6); of.Amaziah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amaziah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/558/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/558/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is mighty). king of Jud., son of Joash, father of Azariah; אֲמַצְיָהוּ 2 K 14:1, 9 + 8 times 2 K 14; 15:3 1 Ch 3:12; 2 Ch 24:27; 25:1 + 15 times 2 Ch 25; 26:1, 4; אֲמַצְיָה 2 K 12:22; 13:12; 14:8; 15:1. אֲמַצְיָה, a Simeonite 1 Ch 4:34. id., a Levite 1 Ch 6:30. priest of Bethel, under Jerob. II, Am 7:10, 12, 14.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲמַצְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/558/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.30/)

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בֶּן־חֲשַׁבְיָ֥ה בֶן־אֲמַצְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Hashabiah the.son of.Amaziah the.son of.Hilkiah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah;

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[1 Chronicles 4:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.34/)

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וּמְשׁוֹבָ֣ב וְיַמְלֵ֔ךְ וְיוֹשָׁ֖ה בֶּן־אֲמַצְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah the.son of.Amaziah

*JPS 1917:* And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;

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