Bible Names

Amashai: meaning of the name

Amashai means “the people's gift.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Amashai in Hebrew and Greek

עֲמַשְׁסַי H6023

ʻĂmashçay (am-ash-sah'-ee) — Amashsay, an Israelite

probably from H6006 (עָמַס); burdensome;

Amashai in Scripture

“Amashai” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Nehemiah 11:13

    And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,