Strong’s H533 · Hebrew

אַמִּיץ
ʼammîyts
am-meets'

Definition

strong or (abstractly) strength

Etymology

or (shortened) אַמִּץ; from H553 (אָמַץ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • courageous
  • mighty
  • strong (one)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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