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Amos 1

Amos 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of Amos
`Amowc (Hebrew #5986)
burdensome; Amos, an Israelite prophet
KJV usage: Amos.
Pronounce: aw-moce'
Origin: from 6006
, who was among the herdmen
noqed (Hebrew #5349)
a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)
KJV usage: herdman, sheepmaster.
Pronounce: no-kade'
Origin: active participle from the same as 5348
a of Tekoa
Tqowa` (Hebrew #8620)
Tekoa, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Tekoa, Tekoah.
Pronounce: tek-o'-ah
Origin: a form of 8619
b, which he saw
chazah (Hebrew #2372)
to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
KJV usage: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
Pronounce: khaw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
concerning Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
c of Uzziah
`Uzziyah (Hebrew #5818)
from 5797 and 3050; strength of Jah; Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Uzziah.
Pronounce: ooz-zee-yaw'
Origin: or Uzziyahuw {ooz-zee-yaw'-hoo}
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, and in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of Jeroboam
Yarob`am (Hebrew #3379)
(the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
KJV usage: Jeroboam.
Pronounce: yaw-rob-awm'
Origin: from 7378 and 5971
the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Joash
Yow'ash (Hebrew #3101)
a form of 3060; Joash, the name of six Israelites
KJV usage: Joash.
Pronounce: yo-awsh'
Origin: or Yoash (2 Chron. 24:1) {yo-awsh'}
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, two years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the earthquake
ra`ash (Hebrew #7494)
vibration, bounding, uproar
KJV usage: commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.
Pronounce: rah'-ash
Origin: from 7493
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Amos 7:14• 14And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. (Amos 7:14)
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2 Chron. 20:20• 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper! (2 Chron. 20:20)
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Hos. 1:1• 1The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hos. 1:1)
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Zech. 14:5• 5And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: ye shall even flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee. (Zech. 14:5)

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Amos,
Earthquake,
Herd; Herdman,
Israel,
Jeroboam II,
Joash,
Judah,
King,
Tekoa; Tekoah,
Uzziah,
Year

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  The time when Amos prophesied.
3-5:  He shews God's judgment upon Syria,
6-8:  upon the Philistines,
9-10:  upon Tyrus,
11-12:  upon Edom,
13-15:  upon Ammon.
The words.
Jer. 1:1• 1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkijah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: (Jer. 1:1)
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Jer. 7:27• 27And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken unto thee; and thou shalt call unto them, but they will not answer thee. (Jer. 7:27)
who.
Amos 7:14• 14And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. (Amos 7:14)
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Ex. 3:1• 1And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God--to Horeb. (Ex. 3:1)
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1 Kings 19:19• 19And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing with twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him. (1 Kings 19:19)
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Psa. 78:70‑72• 70And he chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
 71From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
 72And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands. (Psa. 78:70‑72)
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Matt. 4:18• 18And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers; (Matt. 4:18)
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1 Cor. 1:27• 27But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)
Tekoa.
2 Sam. 14:2• 2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead; (2 Sam. 14:2)
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2 Chron. 11:6• 6And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, (2 Chron. 11:6)
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2 Chron. 20:20• 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper! (2 Chron. 20:20)
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Jer. 6:1• 1Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction. (Jer. 6:1)
he saw.
Isa. 1:1• 1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. (Isa. 1:1)
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Mic. 1:1• 1The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. (Mic. 1:1)
in the.
2 Kings 14:21• 21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. (2 Kings 14:21)
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2 Kings 15:1‑2• 1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
 2He was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. (2 Kings 15:1‑2)
Azariah.
2 Chron. 26:1‑23• 1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
 2It was he that built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
 3Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
 4And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
 5And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in the days that he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.
 6And he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
 7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Maonites.
 8And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad to the entrance of Egypt; for he became exceeding strong.
 9And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the angle, and fortified them.
 10And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen also and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.
 11And Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
 12The whole number of the chief fathers of the mighty men of valour was two thousand six hundred.
 13And under their hand was an army-host of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power to help the king against the enemy.
 14And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and even slinging-stones.
 15And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by skilful men, to be upon the towers and upon the bulwarks, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he became strong.
 16But when he became strong his heart was lifted up to his downfall; and he transgressed against Jehovah his God, and went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
 17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah, eighty valiant men;
 18and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast transgressed; neither shall it be for thine honour from Jehovah Elohim.
 19And Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar.
 20And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; even he himself hasted to go out, because Jehovah had smitten him.
 21And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
 22And the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz write.
 23And Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the burial-ground of the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead. (2 Chron. 26:1‑23)
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Hos. 1:1• 1The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hos. 1:1)
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Matt. 1:8‑9• 8and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,
 9and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekias, (Matt. 1:8‑9)
and in.
Amos 7:9‑11• 9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
 11For thus Amos saith: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall certainly go into captivity out of his land. (Amos 7:9‑11)
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2 Kings 14:23‑29• 23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, for forty-one years.
 24And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from any of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
 25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the sea of the plain, according to the word of Jehovah the God of Israel, which he had spoken through his servant Jonah the prophet, the son of Amittai, who was of Gath-Hepher.
 26For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
 27And Jehovah had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; and he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
 28And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered for Israel that which had belonged to Judah in Damascus and in Hamath, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
 29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 14:23‑29)
the earthquake.
Zech. 14:5• 5And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: ye shall even flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee. (Zech. 14:5)
• The prophecy of Amos is one of those that speak of the moral condition of the people, and especially of Israel, who, as we have already seen in the historical books, represents more particularly the people as such. (“AMOS” by J.N. Darby)
• In Hosea we see the anguish of heart produced by the Holy Spirit, in a man who could not endure evil in the people whom he loved as being the people of God; while in Amos there is more of the calmness of God’s own judgment. (“AMOS” by J.N. Darby)
• Amos brings in the Gentiles incomparably more than Hosea, who is almost exclusively Jewish. Hence in the very beginning of our prophet we find the judgments that were impending over the various nations surrounding the land of Israel. (“Amos 1” by W. Kelly)
• The first two chapters compose a regularly constructed series of judgments, beginning with Damascus, then with Gaza, Tire, Edom, Moab, Ammon, Judah, and Israel. From the beginning of chapter 3 both families are taken up, the children of Israel, the whole family, as it is said, which He brought up out of the land of Egypt. From this point onwards each chapter composes a section of the prophecy. (“Amos 1” by W. Kelly)
• Amos does not hide that he was of lowly degree, nor his connection with the south of Judah. (“Amos 1” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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hThe words of Amos, who was among the herdmeni of Tekoak, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

JND Translation Notes

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* (The title of this Book, "Amos"), Said to mean, "Burden-bearer."
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Or "sheepmasters," 2 Kings 3.4.
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In Judah, 2 Chron. 11.6.