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Amos 5

Amos 5:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forasmuch
ya`an (Hebrew #3282)
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
KJV usage: because (that), forasmuch (+ as), seeing then, + that, + wheras, + why.
Pronounce: yah'-an
Origin: from an unused root meaning to pay attention
therefore as your treading
bashac (Hebrew #1318)
to trample down
KJV usage: tread.
Pronounce: baw-shas'
Origin: a primitive root
is upon the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
, and ye take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
from him burdens
mas'eth (Hebrew #4864)
properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)
KJV usage: burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
Pronounce: mas-ayth'
Origin: from 5375
of wheat
bar (Hebrew #1250)
from 1305 (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extens. the open country
KJV usage: corn, wheat.
Pronounce: bawr
Origin: or bar {bar}
: ye have built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
houses
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of hewn stone
gaziyth (Hebrew #1496)
something cut, i.e. dressed stone
KJV usage: hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
Pronounce: gaw-zeeth'
Origin: from 1491
, but ye shall not dwell
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in them; ye have planted
nata` (Hebrew #5193)
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fastened, plant(- er).
Pronounce: naw-tah'
Origin: a primitive root
βpleasant
chemed (Hebrew #2531)
delight
KJV usage: desirable, pleasant.
Pronounce: kheh'-med
Origin: om 2530
vineyards
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
, but ye shall not drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
of them.
β
vineyards of desire.

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House,
Poor,
Stones,
Vineyard,
Wheat,
Wine

Cross References

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treading.
Amos 4:1• 1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink: (Amos 4:1)
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Isa. 5:7‑8• 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
 8Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land! (Isa. 5:7‑8)
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Isa. 59:13‑14• 13in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
 14And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. (Isa. 59:13‑14)
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Mic. 2:2• 2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. (Mic. 2:2)
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Mic. 3:1‑3• 1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
 2Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
 3and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron. (Mic. 3:1‑3)
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James 2:6• 6But *ye* have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not *they* drag you before the tribunals? (James 2:6)
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Rev. 11:8‑10• 8and their body shall be on the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
 9And men of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their body three days and a half, and they do not suffer their bodies to be put into a sepulchre.
 10And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev. 11:8‑10)
ye have built.
Deut. 28:30,38‑39• 30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.
 38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
 39Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather the fruit; for the worms shall eat it. (Deut. 28:30,38‑39)
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Isa. 65:21‑22• 21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof:
 22they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. (Isa. 65:21‑22)
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Mic. 6:15• 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine. (Mic. 6:15)
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Zeph. 1:13• 13And their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses, and not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and not drink the wine thereof. (Zeph. 1:13)
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Hag. 1:6• 6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes. (Hag. 1:6)
pleasant vineyards.
Heb. vineyards of desire.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasantc vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "excellent."