Lexical Definition

‎עֲמָשַׂי‎ ʻĂmâsay (am-aw-sah'-ee) Amasai ^N:N-M-P
from ‎עָמַס‎; burdensome

Amasai.

• § Amasai = "burdensome"
• Amasai, the name of three Israelites

1) a warrior and chief of the captains of Judah and Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag
2) a Kohathite Levite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel
3) a priest who blew the trumpet before the ark
4) another Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲמָשַׂי‎ proper name, masculine (compare foregoing); —

1. warrior of David 1Chr 12:19* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:18*), Αμασαι, perhaps = ‎אֲבִישִׁי‎ (2Sam 23:18).

2. Levites:
a. 1Chr 6:10*; 1Chr 6:20* (‎עֲמָשָׂ֑י‎).
b. 2Chr 29:12.
c. priest 1Chr 15:24.

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