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Amos 7

Amos 7:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus hath the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
showed
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me: and, behold, the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
to contend
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
by fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
x, and it devoured
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the great
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
deep
thowm (Hebrew #8415)
(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)
KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Pronounce: teh-home'
Origin: or thom {teh-home'}
, and did eat up
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
a part
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
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Heb. 1:7• 7And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire; (Heb. 1:7)

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shewed.
Amos 7:1,7• 1Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
 7Thus did he shew unto me; and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. (Amos 7:1,7)
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Rev. 4:1• 1After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things. (Rev. 4:1)
called.This is supposed to denote the invasion of Tiglathpileser, which threatened entire destruction.
Amos 1:4,7• 4And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
 7And I will send a fire on the wall of Gazah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. (Amos 1:4,7)
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Amos 4:11• 11I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:11)
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Amos 5:6• 6Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. (Amos 5:6)
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Ex. 9:23‑24• 23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
 24And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. (Ex. 9:23‑24)
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Lev. 10:2• 2And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. (Lev. 10:2)
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Num. 16:35• 35And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense. (Num. 16:35)
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Isa. 27:4• 4Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars and thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together. (Isa. 27:4)
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Isa. 66:15‑16• 15For behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
 16For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many. (Isa. 66:15‑16)
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Jer. 4:4• 4Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings. (Jer. 4:4)
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Jer. 21:12• 12House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings. (Jer. 21:12)
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Joel 2:30• 30And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (Joel 2:30)
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Mic. 1:4• 4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place. (Mic. 1:4)
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Nah. 1:6• 6Who shall stand before his indignation? and who shall abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. (Nah. 1:6)
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Heb. 1:7• 7And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire; (Heb. 1:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritancec.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "lot," "portion," Num 18.20.