Hebrew word · H6023

עֲמַשְׁסַי

va'amashsai

Amashsai

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.12;

son of: Adiel (H5717H); also called Amashsai (KJV: Amashai) at Neh.11.13;

Another name of ma.a.say (מַעֲשַׂי "Maasai" H4640)

§ Amashai = "burdensome"

a priest, son of Azareel in the time of Nehemiah

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

Where it appears

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 11:13 וַעֲמַשְׁסַ֧י and Amashsai

    and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men; Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;

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