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Amittai

American  
[uh-mit-ahy] / əˈmɪt aɪ /
Douay Bible, Amathi

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of Amittai

From Hebrew Amittai “My truth”

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

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 • Jun. 17, 2012

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

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me."

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

Around the tradition of Jonah, the son of Amittai, a prophet of whom we know nothing in other writings, some forgotten author has woven a story, to point a lofty moral.

From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber

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