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Strong's #553 - אָמֵץ
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- to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
- (Qal) to be strong, brave, bold
- (Piel) to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure
- (Hithpael) to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
- (Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong
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1294) ym (מתס MTs) AC: Squeeze CO: ? AB: Strong: The pictograph m is a picture of water representing might, the y representing the side. Combined these mean "mighty sides". When one strengthens the sides internal pressure is forced on the sides of the upper body.
A) ym (מתס MTs) AC: Squeeze CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) ym (מתס MTs) - Squeeze: KJV (1): extortioner - Strongs: H4160 (מוּץ)
B) yym (מתסתס MTsTs) AC: Suck CO: ? AB: ?: A pressing with the lips.
V) yym (מתסתס MTsTs) - Suck: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) milk - Strongs: H4711 (מָצַץ)
Nf1) eyym (מתסתסה MTsTsH) - Unleavened: A hard and flat bread or cake made without leaven. As a food that can be sucked on. KJV (53): unleavened bread, cakes, unleavened, without leaven - Strongs: H4682 (מַצָּה)
C) yma (אמתס AMTs) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Strong: A strong pressure or pressing. A mental strength of courage or determination.
V) yma (אמתס AMTs) - Strong: To be mentally strong, firm, obstinate or courageous. KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) strengthen, courage, strong, courageous, harden, speed, stronger, confirm, establish, fortify, increase, obstinate, prevail - Strongs: H553 (אָמֵץ)
Nf1) yma (אמתסה AMTsH) - Strength: KJV (1): strength - Strongs: H556 (אַמְצָה)
am) ymam (מאמתס MAMTs) - Strength: KJV (1): forces - Strongs: H3981 (מַאֲמָץ)
bm) yima (אמיתס AMYTs) - Strong: KJV (6): strong, mighty, courageous - Strongs: H533 (אַמִּץ)
cm) yfma (אמותס AMWTs) - Strong: KJV (2): bay - Strongs: H554 (אָמֹץ)
gm) ymfa (אומתס AWMTs) - Strong: KJV (1): strong - Strongs: H555 (אֹמֶץ)
E) aym (מתסא MTsA) AC: Find CO: ? AB: ?: In the sense of squeezing something out of its hidden place.
V) aym (מתסא MTsA) - Find: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (464): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) find, present, come, meet, befall, get, suffice, deliver, hit, left, hold, reach - Strongs: H4291 (מְטָה), H4672 (מָצָא)
H) eym (מתסה MTsH) AC: Wring CO: ? AB: ?: A squeezing out of a liquid by wringing.
V) eym (מתסה MTsH) - Wring: To squeeze out by wringing. KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Niphal) wring, suck - Strongs: H4680 (מָצָה)
J) yfm (מותס MWTs) AC: ? CO: Chaff AB: ?: When a seed of grain is squeezed the chaff is removed.
Nm) yfm (מותס MWTs) - Chaff: KJV (8): chaff - Strongs: H4671 (מוֹץ)
M) yim (מיתס MYTs) AC: Wring CO: ? AB: ?: A squeezing out of a liquid by wringing.
Nm) yim (מיתס MYTs) - Wring: KJV (3): churn, wring, force - Strongs: H4330 (מִיץ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
אָמֵץ fut. יֶאֱמַץ, to be alert, firm, strong (kindred to חָמַץ, חָמַם to be eager); prop. of the alertness of the feet, rüftig, rafch auf den füßen fehn, to be strong in the feet, swift-footed (compare Piel No. 1, אָמֹץ and the Arabic use); figuratively used of an alert and strenuous mind, opp. to כָּרַע (to have the knees sinking, to be cast down in mind), 2 Chronicles 13:18. Followed by מִן to prevail over any one, Genesis 25:23; Psalms 18:18, 142:7. חֲזַק וֶאֱמַץ “be strong and alert,” i.e. of a strong and undaunted mind, Deuteronomy 31:7, 23 Deuteronomy 31:23 -Josh. 1:618. (Arab. أَبَصَ to be alert, nimble, used of a horse; whence أَبُرصُ, אָמֹץ a nimble horse.)
Piel אִמֵּץ
(1) to make strong, prop. failing feet, Job 4:4; Isaiah 35:3. Hence, to make the mind active and strong, Deuteronomy 3:28; Job 16:5.
(2) to strengthen, Isaiah 41:10; Psalms 89:22; 2 Chronicles 11:17; Proverbs 31:17, 24:5.
(3) to restore, to repair a building, i.q. חִוֵק 2 Chronicles 24:13 also, to set up, to build, Proverbs 8:28.
(4) to harden (the heart), Deuteronomy 2:30, 15:7 2 Chronicles 36:13.
(5) to appoint, to choose. Psalms 80:18, “(whom) thou hast chosen for thyself,” comp. verse 16 Psalms 80:16; Isaiah 44:14.
Hiphil intrans. to be strong, used of the mind, Psalms 27:14, 31:25.
Hithpael.
(1) to be alert, followed by a gerund; to do anything speedily, 1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18.
(2) to strengthen oneself, used of conspirators, 2 Chronicles 13:7.
(3) to harden oneself, i.e. to be of a fixed mind, Ruth 1:18. Compare חִזַּק.
[Derivatives, אַמִּיץ, אָמֹץ, אֹמֶץ, אַמְצָה, מַאֲמָץ, pr.n. אָמוֹץ, אַמְצִי, אֲמַצְיָה.]