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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”

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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

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 The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism by G. W. (George William) Foote

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

From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

Jonah, the son of Amittai, was a prophet of the Northern Kingdom in the days of Jeroboam II., far back in the ninth century.

From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Washington Gladden

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