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Amos 7

Amos 7:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now therefore hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
thou the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of 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
: Thou sayest
'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
, Prophesy
naba' (Hebrew #5012)
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
KJV usage: prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
Pronounce: naw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
notf against Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and drop
nataph (Hebrew #5197)
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
KJV usage: drop(-ping), prophesy(-et).
Pronounce: naw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
g not thy word against 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 Isaac
Yischaq (Hebrew #3446)
he will laugh; Jischak, the heir of Abraham
KJV usage: Isaac. Compare 3327.
Pronounce: yis-khawk'
Origin: from 7831
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Mic. 2:6• 6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. (Mic. 2:6)
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Ezek. 21:2• 2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, (Ezek. 21:2)

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House,
Isaac,
Israel,
Prophecy; Prophet

Cross References

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hear.
1 Sam. 15:16• 16Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. (1 Sam. 15:16)
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1 Kings 22:19• 19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. (1 Kings 22:19)
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Jer. 28:15‑17• 15Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
 16Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.
 17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. (Jer. 28:15‑17)
Prophesy.
Amos 7:13• 13But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. (Amos 7:13)
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Isa. 30:10• 10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: (Isa. 30:10)
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Mic. 2:6• 6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. (Mic. 2:6)
and drop.
Deut. 32:2• 2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: (Deut. 32:2)
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Ezek. 20:46• 46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; (Ezek. 20:46)
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Ezek. 21:2• 2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, (Ezek. 21:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not wordse against the house of Isaac.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "drop not." see Job 29.22; Ezek. 20.46; 21.2; Mic. 2.6,11.