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Amasai

A Levite, in the time of the Divided Monarchy · Tribe of Levi · named in 2 verses

the name means burdensome Strong's Lexicon

Amasai, a Levite descended from Kohath, was an ancestor of the prophet Samuel.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Elkanah
Children Ahimoth

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at 1 Chronicles 6:25.

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Verses that name Amasai