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Amos 7

Am. 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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neither.
1 R. 20:35• 35Entonces un varón de los hijos de los profetas dijo á su compañero por palabra de Dios: Hiéreme ahora. Mas el otro varón no quiso herirle. (1 R. 20:35)
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2 R. 2:3,5,7• 3Y saliendo á Eliseo los hijos de los profetas que estaban en Beth-el, dijéronle: ¿ Sabes cómo Jehová quitará hoy á tu señor de tu cabeza? Y él dijo: Sí, yo lo sé; callad.
5Y llegáronse á Eliseo los hijos de los profetas que estaban en Jericó, y dijéronle: ¿ Sabes cómo Jehová quitará hoy á tu señor de tu cabeza? Y él respondió: Sí, yo lo sé; callad.
7Y vinieron cincuenta varones de los hijos de los profetas, y paráronse enfrente á lo lejos: y ellos dos se pararon junto al Jordán.
(2 R. 2:3,5,7)
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2 R. 4:38• 38Y Eliseo se volvió á Gilgal. Había entonces grande hambre en la tierra. Y los hijos de los profetas estaban con él, por lo que dijo á su criado: Pon una grande olla, y haz potaje para los hijos de los profetas. (2 R. 4:38)
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2 R. 6:1• 1Los hijos de los profetas dijeron á Eliseo: He aquí, el lugar en que moramos contigo nos es estrecho. (2 R. 6:1)
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2 Cr. 16:7• 7En aquel tiempo vino Hanani vidente á Asa rey de Judá, y díjole: Por cuanto te has apoyado en el rey de Siria, y no te apoyaste en Jehová tu Dios, por eso el ejército del rey de Siria ha escapado de tus manos. (2 Cr. 16:7)
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2 Cr. 19:2• 2Y salióle al encuentro Jehú el vidente, hijo de Hanani, y dijo al rey Josaphat: ¿ Al impío das ayuda, y amas á los que aborrecen á Jehová? Pues la ira de la presencia de Jehová será sobre ti por ello. (2 Cr. 19:2)
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2 Cr. 20:34• 34Lo demás de los hechos de Josaphat, primeros y postreros, he aquí están escritos en las palabras de Jehú hijo de Hanani, del cual es hecha mención en el libro de los reyes de Israel. (2 Cr. 20:34)
an herdman.
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."