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HebrewH5986Proper Noun (Masculine)

עָמוֹס

a.mos

7Occurrences
H5986Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Amos, an Israelite prophet

from H6006 (עָמַס); burdensome;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Amos = "burden" a prophet of the Lord who prophesied in the northern kingdom; native of Tekoa in Judah near Bethlehem and a shepherd by trade; author of the prophetic book by his name

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עָמוֹס appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Amos
7

Key Passages

Amos 1:1BSB

These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.

Amos 7:8BSB

“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD.“A plumb line,” I replied.“Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

Amos 7:10BSB

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

Amos 7:11BSB

for this is what Amos has said:‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,and Israel will surely go into exile,away from their homeland.’”

Amos 7:12BSB

And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.