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Amos 7:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, Ib was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdmanc, and a gatherer of ηsycomore fruit:

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Zech. 13:5• ⁵And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman from my youth. (Zech. 13:5)

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Amos 1:1• ¹The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, 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. (Amos 1:1)

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or, wildfigs.

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neither.

1 Kings 20:35• ³⁵And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him. (1 Kings 20:35)

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2 Kings 2:3,5,7• ³And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!
⁵And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!
⁷And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan. (2 Kings 2:3,5,7)

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2 Kings 4:38• ³⁸And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. (2 Kings 4:38)

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2 Kings 6:1• ¹And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us. (2 Kings 6:1)

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2 Chron. 16:7• ⁷And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. (2 Chron. 16:7)

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2 Chron. 19:2• ²And Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah. (2 Chron. 19:2)

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2 Chron. 20:34• ³⁴And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which are inserted in the book of the kings of Israel. (2 Chron. 20:34)

an herdman.

Amos 1:1• ¹The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, 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. (Amos 1:1)

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Zech. 13:5• ⁵And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman from my youth. (Zech. 13:5)

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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)

a gatherer.Rather, as {bolais} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [knizon,] {vellicans,} "a scraping," or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs.sycamore fruit.

or, wild figs.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdman, and a gathererd of sycamore fruit.

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Or "dresser."