Amittai

Douay Bible, Am·a·thi

[uh-mit-ahy]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the father of Jonah.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amittai¹

From Hebrew Amittai “My truth”

Example Sentences

His survivors include their son, Amittai; their daughter, Edna Pressler; and his partner since 2016, Annabelle Weidenfeld.

From New York Times

Jonamine Bat Amittai: Men and women have always been attracted to stories about ultimate doom, from the Books of Daniel and Revelation to Ragnarok, from Mayan cycles to Nostradamus, from Doctor Strangelove to Life After People.

From Salon

Even supposing that we do manage to discover some pitfalls in time, and act prudently to avoid them – Jonamine Bat Amittai: And we have already.

From Salon

To the sceptic and railer, Amittai is as an unknown quantity in an algebraic problem.

From Project Gutenberg

The book in which it is related was, of course, not written by Jonah, the son of Amittai, of whom we read in 2 Kings xiv.

From Project Gutenberg