Hebrew word · H557

אַמְצִי

'amtzi

Amzi

A personal name from ʾ-m-ts, "to be strong, firm, courageous" (the same root as "be strong and courageous" in Josh 1:6). The ending -î is common in shortened names, so it probably stands for a longer name containing God's name, such as Amaziah ("the LORD is strong").

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.6.46;

son of: Bani (H1137H);

father of: Hilkiah (H2518I)

§ Amzi = "my strength"

1) a Levite

2) the ancestor of a returned exile in the priestly line

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 6:46

Range of meaning

A personal name from ʾ-m-ts, "to be strong, firm, courageous" (the same root as "be strong and courageous" in Josh 1:6). The ending -î is common in shortened names, so it probably stands for a longer name containing God's name, such as Amaziah ("the LORD is strong"). It could also mean "my strength".

Against the English

All versions spell it Amzi. Nothing is lost.

Used elsewhere in the period

Apart from this verse, the name is used only for a priestly ancestor in Neh 11:12, who is a different man.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:46 אַמְצִ֥י Amzi

    the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

    Here: A Merarite Levite, one of Ethan's ancestors. The name comes from the root ʾ-m-ts, "to be strong", and is probably a shortened form of a name like Amaziah ("the LORD is strong").

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 11:12 אַמְצִ֣י Amzi

    and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.