🔼The name Amzi: Summary
- Strong, My Strength
- From the verb אמץ ('ames), to be or become strong.
🔼The name Amzi in the Bible
There are two men named Amzi in the Bible:
🔼Etymology of the name Amzi
The name Amzi comes from the verb אמץ ('ames), meaning to be or become strong:
The verb אמץ ('ames) means to be or become strong. Nouns אמץ ('omes), אמצה ('amsa) and מאמץ (ma'amasa) mean strength or power. Adjectives אמוץ ('amos) and אמיץ ('ammis) mean strong or mighty.
The letter י (yod) upon which our name ends, may either create an adjective (such-and-such-like), a possessive form (my such and such), or may be a remnant of יה (Yah), which is short for יהוה, which is the name YHWH, or Yahweh.
For a meaning of the name Amzi, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Strong One, and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names simply reads Strong. BDB Theological Dictionary does not translate this name.