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Amos 6

Amos 6:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That 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
ψwine
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
in bowls
mizraq (Hebrew #4219)
a bowl (as if for sprinkling)
KJV usage: bason, bowl.
Pronounce: miz-rawk'
Origin: from 2236
, and anoint
mashach (Hebrew #4886)
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
KJV usage: anoint, paint.
Pronounce: maw-shakh'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves with the chief
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
ointments
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
: but they are not grieved
chalah (Hebrew #2470)
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
KJV usage: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, X pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (X supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
Pronounce: khaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2342, 2470, 2490)
for the βaffliction
sheber (Hebrew #7667)
from 7665; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
KJV usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Pronounce: sheh'-ber
Origin: or sheber {shay'-ber}
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
m.
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or, in bowls of wine.
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breach.
m
Gen. 49:23• 23The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him; (Gen. 49:23)

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Joseph,
Ointment,
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Cross References

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drink.This probably refers to the costliness and magnificence of the drinking vessels, as well as to the quantity drank.wine in bowls.
or, in bowls of wine.
Hos. 3:1• 1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friend, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes. (Hos. 3:1)
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1 Tim. 5:23• 23Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses. (1 Tim. 5:23)
chief.
Matt. 26:7‑9• 7a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.
 8But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end was this waste?
 9for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor. (Matt. 26:7‑9)
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John 12:3• 3Mary therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure nard of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. (John 12:3)
but.
Gen. 37:25‑28• 25And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum--going to carry it down to Egypt.
 26And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
 27Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened to him.
 28And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt. (Gen. 37:25‑28)
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Gen. 42:21‑22• 21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
 22And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required. (Gen. 42:21‑22)
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Gen. 49:22• 22Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; His branches shoot over the wall. (Gen. 49:22)
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Esther 3:15• 15The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation. (Esther 3:15)
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Rom. 12:15• 15Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep. (Rom. 12:15)
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1 Cor. 12:26• 26And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it. (1 Cor. 12:26)
affliction.
or, breach.
2 Kings 15:29• 29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. (2 Kings 15:29)
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2 Kings 17:3‑6• 3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.
 4But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as he had done from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
 5And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.
 6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (2 Kings 17:3‑6)
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Jer. 30:7• 7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. (Jer. 30:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breachf of Joseph.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "destruction." see Lam. 3.48.