אַמְצָה
ʼamtsâh · H556 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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strength, power
State in which humans have physical, political, and/or military strength
ExamplesZechariah 12:5 “Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a strong support for us through the LORD of armies, their God.’
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- כֹּחַ kôach · H3581 · strength, power, ability
- Common Hebrew noun for strength/power/ability, lexically distinct from the אמץ root family, semantically interchangeable in contexts denoting strength
- עֹז ʻôz · H5797 · strong, mighty, strength
- Hebrew noun for strength/might, from distinct עזז root, standard synonym in lexica for terms denoting strength
- גְּבוּרָה gᵉbûwrâh · H1369 · greatness, ability, might
- Hebrew noun for strength/might/valor from גבר root, distinct from אמץ family, overlapping semantic range for physical or military strength
Contrasting words 1 word
- רָפֶה râpheh · H7504 · weak, discouraged
- Hebrew adjective (or used substantively) meaning weak/feeble, lexical antonym to strength terms in biblical Hebrew
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἰσχύς ischýs · G2479 · capability, strength
- Standard Greek noun for physical or abstract strength, direct translation equivalent for Hebrew אַמְצָה in contexts denoting strength/might
- κράτος krátos · G2904 · power, might, mighty deed
- Greek noun denoting strength, power, or might, often used to translate Hebrew strength terminology in LXX
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Strong002001001063
- אַמְצָה names strength, the quality of being forceful and unyielding.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H556. amtsah אַמְצָה noun feminine strength, figurative Zec 12:5, but sense difficult,…
אַמְצָה noun feminine strength, figurative Zec 12:5, but sense difficult, compare WrZech. P. 585; StaZAW 1881, 34 proposes אָמְצְאָה לְיוֺשְׁבֵי (after ᵑ7 ᵐ5) may I be sufficient for.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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