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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.
β
breach.
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Gen. 49:23• 23The archers have provoked, and shot at and hated him; (Gen. 49:23)

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Joseph,
Ointment,
Wine

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• 1Then said Jehovah unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress according to the love of Jehovah toward the sons of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of grapes. (Hos. 3:1)
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1 Tim. 5:23• 23Be no longer a water-drinker, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses. (1 Tim. 5:23)
chief.
Matt. 26:7‑9• 7{i}a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.{/i}
 8{i}But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?{/i}
 9{i}for this might have been sold for much and been given to the poor.{/i} (Matt. 26:7‑9)
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John 12:3• 3Mary then, having taken a pound of unguent of costly pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the unguent. (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] if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
 27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened.
 28And there passed by Midianitish men, merchants; 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 into Egypt. (Gen. 37:25‑28)
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Gen. 42:21‑22• 21Then said they 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 is this distress 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 fountain; daughters shoot over the wall. (Gen. 49:22)
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Esther 3:15• 15The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. 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, and weep with those that weep. (Rom. 12:15)
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1 Cor. 12:26• 26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with [it]: whether a member is glorified, all the members rejoice with [it]. (1 Cor. 12:26)
affliction.
or, breach.
2 Kings 15:29• 29{i}In 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.{/i} (2 Kings 15:29)
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2 Kings 17:3‑6• 3{i}Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and tendered him presents.{/i}
 4{i}But 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.{/i}
 5{i}And the king of Assyria overran the whole land, and went up against Samaria, and besieged it three years.{/i}
 6{i}In 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.{/i} (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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