Amaziah

American  

[am-uh-zahy-uh] / ˌæm əˈzaɪ ə /

Douay Bible, Amasias

noun

1. (in the Bible) a son and successor of Joash as king of Judah.

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Etymology

Origin of Amaziah

From Hebrew Amaṣyāh, Amaṣyāhū “God is mighty”

Example Sentences

So said Amaziah, the priest, and so says many a one to-day. 

From Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet by Champness, Thomas

Amaziah and Joash, kings of Judah, are striking proofs of this.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

And Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?"

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

So, hurry, now, boil some eggs, and get on the cold beef and potatoes; for I see Solomon and Amaziah coming in with the milk.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various