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Amos 7

Amos 7:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
Amos
`Amowc (Hebrew #5986)
burdensome; Amos, an Israelite prophet
KJV usage: Amos.
Pronounce: aw-moce'
Origin: from 6006
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
to Amaziah
'Amatsyah (Hebrew #558)
from 553 and 3050; strength of Jah; Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Amaziah.
Pronounce: am-ats-yaw'
Origin: or mAmatsyahuw {am-ats-yaw'-hoo}
, Ib was no prophet
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
, neither was I a prophet’s
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
; but I was an herdman
bowker (Hebrew #951)
a cattle-tender
KJV usage: herdman.
Pronounce: bo-kare'
Origin: properly, active participle from 1239 as denominative from 1241
c, and a gatherer
balac (Hebrew #1103)
to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them)
KJV usage: gatherer.
Pronounce: baw-las'
Origin: a primitive root
of ηsycomore fruit
shaqam (Hebrew #8256)
of uncertain derivation; a sycamore (usually the tree)
KJV usage: sycamore (fruit, tree).
Pronounce: shaw-kawm'
Origin: or (feminine) shiqmah {shik-maw'}
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Zech. 13:5• 5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle 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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Amaziah,
Amos,
Herd; Herdman,
Prophet,
Sycamore

Cross References

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neither.
1 Kings 20:35• 35And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And 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 Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
 5And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
 7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by 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 dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe 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 unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with 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 not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine 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 the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord. (2 Chron. 19:2)
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2 Chron. 20:34• 34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned 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• 5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. (Zech. 13:5)
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1 Cor. 1:27• 27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (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.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "dresser."