Meaning & History
Possibly means "servant" in Hebrew (or a related Semitic language), from the root עָמַר (ʿamar) meaning "to bind" [2]. This was the name of a 9th-century BC military commander who became king of Israel. He appears in the Old Testament, where he is denounced as being wicked.
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h6018, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h6018.
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h6014, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h6014.
