Hebrew · Strong's H6006
עָמַס
amasaw-mas'
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
1890 spelling: ʻâmaç
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
Rendered in the KJV as
be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- הֶעְמִ֤יס2
- הַֽעֲמֻסִים֙1
- וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙1
- וְֽעֹמְסִ֪ים1
- יַֽעֲמָס־1
- עֲמוּס֔וֹת1
- עֹמְסֶ֖יהָ1
- עֹמְשִׂ֑ים1
How it is rendered · 8
- he loaded2
- [are] carried1
- [those who] carry it1
- [were] carrying [it]1
- and [some who] loaded [them]1
- and he loaded1
- he carries a load1
- who have been carried1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- Hc/Vqw3ms1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhp3ms · 2
- HC/Vqrmpa · 1
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 1
- HTd/Vqsmpa · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
- HVqrmpa · 1
- HVqrmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HVqsfpa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah2 of 9 · 22%
- Isaiah2 of 9 · 22%
- Genesis1 of 9 · 11%
- 1 Kings1 of 9 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 9 · 11%
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Genesis1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 4:17עֹמְשִׂ֑יםʾomesimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralwho were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.here: [were] carrying [it]
- Nehemiah 13:15וְֽעֹמְסִ֪יםveomesimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralIn those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.here: and [some who] loaded [them]
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 46:1עֲמוּס֔וֹתamusotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluralBel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.here: [are] carried
- Isaiah 46:3הַֽעֲמֻסִים֙haamusimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.here: who have been carried