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Amos 5:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Seek
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and ye shall live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
; lest he break out
tsalach (Hebrew #6743)
a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
KJV usage: break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, - ously).
Pronounce: tsaw-lakh'
Origin: or tsaleach {tsaw-lay'-akh}
like fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
in the house
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 Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
, and devour
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and there be none to quench
kabah (Hebrew #3518)
to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
KJV usage: go (put) out, quench.
Pronounce: kaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
it in Beth-el
Beyth-'El (Hebrew #1008)
house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-el.
Pronounce: bayth-ale'
Origin: from 1004 and 410
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Beth-el; Bethel,
Fire,
House,
Joseph

Cross References

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Seek.
Amos 5:4• 4{i}For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.{/i} (Amos 5:4)
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Ezek. 33:11• 11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel? (Ezek. 33:11)
lest.
Ex. 22:6• 6{i}—If fire break out, and seize the thorns, and the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.{/i} (Ex. 22:6)
the house.
Amos 6:6• 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)
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Gen. 48:8‑20• 8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who [are] these?
 9And Joseph said to his father, They [are] my sons whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee unto me, that I may bless them.
 10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age—he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them and embraced them.
 11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and, behold, God hath also let me see thy seed.
 12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.
 13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near to him.
 14And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid [it] on Ephraim's head—and he [was] the younger—and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding wittingly his hands, for Manasseh [was] the first-born.
 15And he blessed Joseph and said, The God before whom walked my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, the God that tended me all my life long till this day,
 16the angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth .
 17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
 18And Joseph said to his father, Not so my father, for this [is] the first-born: put thy right hand on his head.
 19But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become a fullness of nations.
 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. (Gen. 48:8‑20)
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Josh. 18:5• 5And they shall divide into seven parts; Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. (Josh. 18:5)
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Judg. 1:22‑23• 22{i}And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.{/i}
 23{i}And the house of Joseph sent to search out Bethel; now the name of the city before was Luz.{/i} (Judg. 1:22‑23)
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2 Sam. 19:20• 20{i}For thy servant knows that I have sinned; and behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.{/i} (2 Sam. 19:20)
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1 Kings 11:28• 28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. (1 Kings 11:28)
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Ezek. 37:19• 19Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. (Ezek. 37:19)
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Zech. 10:6• 6{i}And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back again; for I will have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.{/i} (Zech. 10:6)
there.
Isa. 1:31• 31And the strong shall be as tow and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them]. (Isa. 1:31)
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Jer. 4:4• 4Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it {i}because of the evil of your doings.{/i} (Jer. 4:4)
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Jer. 7:20• 20Therefore thus saith Jehovah God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. (Jer. 7:20)
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Ezek. 20:47‑48• 47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah; thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein.
 48And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. (Ezek. 20:47‑48)
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Mark 9:43‑48• 43And if thy hand ensnare thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable
 44[where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched].
 45And if thy foot ensnare thee, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable
 46[where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched].
 47And if thine eye ensnare thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire:
 48where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:43‑48)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

W. Kelly Translation

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Seek Jehovah, and live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.