Amasai

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Amasai
     burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of
     Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35).
     
       (2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the
     "stronghold," probably of Adullam (1 Chr. 12:18).


     
       (3.) One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with
     blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom
     (1 Chr. 15:24).
     
       (4.) The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who
     took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the
     cleansing of the temple (2 Chr. 29:12).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Amasai, strong