# H558 אֲמַצְיָה

אֲמַצְיָה (ʼĂmatsyâh), Strong’s H558: Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites KJV: Amaziah.. Occurs 40 times.

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*ʼĂmatsyâh* — Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Amaziah.

Built from [אָמַץ ʼâmats](https://besorah.bible/word/H553) (to be alert, physically) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “strength of Jah”

Occurs 40 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲמַצְיָ֫הוּ, אֲמַצְיָה n.pr.m. (י׳ has been mighty).
- 1 king of Jud., son of Joash, father of Azariah
- 2 a Sineonite
- 3 id., a Levite
- 4 priest of Bethel, under Jerob. II

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 12:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/12?v=22) — For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they…
- [2 Kings 13:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/13?v=12) — Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of…
- [2 Kings 14:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=1) — In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
- [2 Kings 14:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=8) — Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let’s look one…
- [2 Kings 14:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=9) — Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar…
- [2 Kings 14:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=11) — But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in…
- [2 Kings 14:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=13) — Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh and came to…
- [2 Kings 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=15) — Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren’t…
- [2 Kings 14:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=17) — Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
- [2 Kings 14:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/14?v=18) — Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?