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# אַמִּיץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H533

**mighty** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

mighty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/533/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַמִּיץ: adj. mighty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/533/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (אַמִּץ) adj. mighty—א׳ abs. 2 S 15:12 + 2 times; cstr. Jb 9:4 + 2 times—mighty, of Absalom’s conspiracy 2 S 15:12; elsewhere of persons; as subst., instrum. of י׳ (i.e. Assyrians) Is 28:2 (‖ חָזָק); א׳ לִבּוֹ = valiant, conqueror Am 2:16; of י׳, חֲכַם לֵבָב וְא׳ כֹּחַ Jb 9:4; cf. כֹּחַ א׳ v 19 (v. Di & RV), א׳ כֹּחַ Is 40:26 (‖ רֹב אוֹנִים). Is 40:26 read probably אֹמֶץ (𝔊).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a strong \[one\] (3); strong (2); the \[person\] strong (1).

## In the verses

[Job 9:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.4/#tree)

חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* wise of.heart and strong of.power who? has.he.shown.stubbornness to him and he.has.remained.unharmed

*JPS 1917:* He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?

[Job 9:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.19/#tree)

אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* if to power a.strong.\[one\] there! and if to justice who? will he.summon.me

*JPS 1917:* If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/533.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/533/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).