Amasai ~ አማሢ: burdensome / EBD, (1 ዜና 6፡25፣ 35) ... [Related term(s):- Amasa, Amasiah, Amashai, Amaziah, Amos, Amoz, Amzi]

See also:- Amasai / አማሳይ ፣ Amasai / ዓማሣይ

The name ‘Amasai’ is derived from ‘Ametsi’ (አማጺ) ፥ the meaning is ‘Rebellious, Disobedient, Revolutionary person’/ Ibid.

A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel, “And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth” (1 Chr 6:25, 35)

Other people with the same name are: The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the cleansing of the temple (2 Chr 29:12); The leader of a body of men who joined David in the "stronghold," probably of Adullam (1 Chr 12:18); One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom (1 Chr 15:24)
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አማሢ ~Amasai, Amzi: አማጺ፣ ያመጸ፣ የሸፈተ፣ አልታዘዝም ያለ፣ ትቢተኛ፣ ትምክትኛ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- አማሲ፣ አማሳይ፣ ዓማሣይ፣ አማስያ፣ ዓማስያ፣ አሜሳይ፣ አሜስያስ፣ አሞጽ]

‘አመጸ’ ከሚለው ግስ የተገኘ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ስድስት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        አማሢ /Amasai:

1.                  የሕልቃና ልጅ፥ “የሕልቃናም ልጆች አማሢ፥ አኪሞት።” (1 ዜና 6፡25፣35)

2.                  የመሐት አባት፥ (2 ዜና 29:12)

·                     አማሳይ ፥ (1 ዜና 12:18)

·                     ዓማሣይ፥ (1 ዜና 15:24)

II.                        አማሲ /Amzi:

1.                  የዘካርያስ ልጅ፣ ካህኑ አማሲ፥ “... የዘካርያስ ልጅ የአማሲ ልጅ የፈላልያ ልጅ የይሮሐም ልጅ ዓዳያ፥” (ነህ 11:12)

2.                  ከሜራሪ ወገን የሆነ፣ ሌዋዊው አማሲ፥ (1 ዜና 6:46)