Quick Definition
to lift
Strong's Definition
to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)
Derivation: or עָמַשׂ; a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.
TWOT Reference: 1643
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָמַס (a.mas) — to lift. 1) to load, carry, carry a load 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to load 1a2) to carry a load 1b)(Hiphil) to lay a load on
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעֲמָסָה
Hold | verb qal
to pick up, to lift up = action by which humans take hold of objects and carry them from place to place
Hold | verb qal, verb hif
to load = causative action by which humans cause animals to carry a load
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָמַס, ?עָמַשׂ] vb. 1. load. 2 carry a load base