Strong H573אֲמִתַּי
Amittai
- Transliteration
- 'ămittay
- Pronunciation
- am-it-tah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H571; veracious;
{Amittai} an Israelite: - Amittai.
{Amittai} an Israelite: - Amittai.
Meaning of the name
Amittai = "my truth"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.14.25;
father of: Jonah (H3124)
father of: Jonah (H3124)
In the biblical story
Amittai
Father of the prophet Jonah
Amittai was the father of Jonah, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
In the Bible
Strong H573 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- amittai2
First verses
- 2 Kings 14:25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.
- Jonah 1:1Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,