# עֲמָשָׂא (amasa)

Israeli respelling: a-ma-sa. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6021. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

Amasa, the name of two Israelites

King James renderings: Amasa.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/amasa-h6021

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 17:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/25) — And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to…
- [2 Samuel 19:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/13) — And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me…
- [2 Samuel 20:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/4) — Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
- [2 Samuel 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/5) — So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- [2 Samuel 20:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/8) — When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, an…
- [2 Samuel 20:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/9) — And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
- [2 Samuel 20:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/10) — But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the gro…
- [2 Samuel 20:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/12) — And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the…
- [1 Kings 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/5) — Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner t…
- [1 Kings 2:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/32) — And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the swor…
- [1 Chronicles 2:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/17) — And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- [2 Chronicles 28:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/28/12) — Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son…