Hebrew verb · H6006
עָמַס
amasaw-mas'
to lift
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâmaç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6006is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6006
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
The King James renders it: be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
amas is rendered "to lift". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Nehemiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 44:13Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
Genesis 44:13וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in seven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he loaded2
- and he loaded1
- and loaded1
- carried1
- carry it1
- carrying1
- he carries a load1
- who have been carried1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֶעְמִ֤יס2
- הַֽעֲמֻסִים֙1
- וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙1
- וְֽעֹמְסִ֪ים1
- יַֽעֲמָס־1
- עֲמוּס֔וֹת1
- עֹמְסֶ֖יהָ1
- עֹמְשִׂ֑ים1
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HC/Vqrmpa
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1HTd/Vqsmpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqrmpc/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine plural1HVqsfpa
Genesis
one use
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
- וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙vaiyaamosHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he loaded
1 Kings
one use
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
- הֶעְמִ֤יסhe'misverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he loaded
2 Chronicles
one use
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
- הֶעְמִ֤יסhe'misverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he loaded
Nehemiah
two uses
who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
- עֹמְשִׂ֑יםʾomesimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: carrying
In 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.
- וְֽעֹמְסִ֪יםveomesimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and loaded
Psalms
one use
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
- יַֽעֲמָס־yaamos-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he carries a load
Isaiah
two uses
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- עֲמוּס֔וֹתamusotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: carried
“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.
- הַֽעֲמֻסִים֙haamusimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: who have been carried
Zechariah
one use
On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
- עֹמְסֶ֖יהָʾomeseihaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: carry it
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.