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    Amaziah

    am-uh-ZY-uh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    The LORD is mighty; Strengthened by the LORD
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Amaziah (spelled Amasiah in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Chronicles 25:15.
    First appears in
    2 Kings — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Amaziah — 'the LORD is mighty' — forgot whose strength had won his victories. His worship of defeated gods is the Bible's most absurd act of idolatry, warning us never to worship what God has already proven powerless.
    King James verses
    • 2 Chronicles 25:15

      "Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?"

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