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Amos 8

Amos 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Saying
'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
, Whens will the πnew moon
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
be gone
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, that we may sell
shabar (Hebrew #7666)
to deal in grain
KJV usage: buy, sell.
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: denominative from 7668
corn
sheber (Hebrew #7668)
grain (as if broken into kernels)
KJV usage: corn, victuals.
Pronounce: sheh'-ber
Origin: the same as 7667
? and the sabbath
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
t, that we may ρset forth
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
wheat
bar (Hebrew #1250)
from 1305 (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extens. the open country
KJV usage: corn, wheat.
Pronounce: bawr
Origin: or bar {bar}
, making the ephah
'eyphah (Hebrew #374)
of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
KJV usage: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
Pronounce: ay-faw'
Origin: or (shortened) ephah {ay-faw'}
small
qaton (Hebrew #6994)
to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
KJV usage: be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy.
Pronounce: kaw-tone'
Origin: a primitive root (rather denominative from 6996)
v, and the shekel
sheqel (Hebrew #8255)
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
KJV usage: shekel.
Pronounce: sheh'-kel
Origin: from 8254
great
gadal (Hebrew #1431)
properly, to twist (compare 1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Pronounce: gaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and σfalsifying
`avath (Hebrew #5791)
to wrest
KJV usage: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
Pronounce: aw-vath'
Origin: a primitive root
the balances
mo'zen (Hebrew #3976)
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
KJV usage: balances.
Pronounce: mo-zane'
Origin: from 239
w by deceit
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
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Mal. 1:13• 13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah. (Mal. 1:13)
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or, month.
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Neh. 13:15‑16• 15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also, wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
 16There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. (Neh. 13:15‑16)
ρ
open.
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Deut. 25:13‑16• 13{i}Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.{/i}
 14{i}Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.{/i}
 15{i}A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i}
 16{i}For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.{/i} (Deut. 25:13‑16)
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Mic. 6:10‑11• 10{i}Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?{/i}
 11{i}Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?{/i} (Mic. 6:10‑11)
σ
perverting the balances of,
Hos. 12:7• 7A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach! (Hos. 12:7)
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Prov. 20:23• 23Divers weights [are] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}And a false balance [is] not good. (Prov. 20:23)

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Balances,
Corn,
Ephah,
Moon,
New Moon,
Sabbath,
Shekel,
Wheat

Cross References

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When.
Num. 10:10• 10{i}And in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.{/i} (Num. 10:10)
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Num. 28:11‑15• 11And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot,
 12{i}And three tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour as an oblation, mingled with oil, for the ram;{/i}
 13{i}and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil as an oblation for each lamb: it is a burnt-offering of a sweet odour, an offering by fire to Jehovah.{/i}
 14{i}And their drink-offerings: half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the monthly burnt-offering for each month throughout the months of the year.{/i}
 15{i}And a buck of the goats shall be offered, for a sin-offering to Jehovah, besides the continual burnt-offering, and its drink-offering{/i}. (Num. 28:11‑15)
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2 Kings 4:23• 23{i}And he said, Why wilt thou go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath. And she said, It is well.{/i} (2 Kings 4:23)
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Psa. 81:3‑4• 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon,{HR}At the set time, on our feast day.
 4For this [was] a statute for Israel,{HR}An ordinance of the God of Jacob. (Psa. 81:3‑4)
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Isa. 1:13• 13Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies, — I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting. (Isa. 1:13)
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Col. 2:16• 16Let none therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect of feast or new moon or Sabbaths, (Col. 2:16)
new moon.
or, month.
be gone.
Mal. 1:13• 13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah. (Mal. 1:13)
and the.
Ex. 20:8‑10• 8{i}Remember the Sabbath day to hallow it.{/i}
 9{i}Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;{/i}
 10{i}but the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.{/i} (Ex. 20:8‑10)
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Neh. 13:15‑21• 15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also, wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
 16There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
 17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day?
 18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
 19{i}And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.{/i}
 20{i}And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.{/i}
 21{i}And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the Sabbath.{/i} (Neh. 13:15‑21)
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Isa. 58:13• 13If thou turn back thy foot from the Sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy [day] of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [idle] words; (Isa. 58:13)
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Rom. 8:6‑7• 6For the mind of the flesh [is] death, and the mind of the Spirit [is] life and peace;
 7because the mind of the flesh [is] enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, for indeed it cannot; (Rom. 8:6‑7)
set forth.
Heb. open.
making.
Lev. 19:36• 36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] Jehovah your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Lev. 19:36)
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Deut. 25:13‑16• 13{i}Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.{/i}
 14{i}Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.{/i}
 15{i}A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i}
 16{i}For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.{/i} (Deut. 25:13‑16)
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Prov. 11:1• 1A false balance [is] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But a just weight his delight. (Prov. 11:1)
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Prov. 16:11• 11The just balance and scales [are] of Jehovah;{HR}All the weights of the bag [are] his work. (Prov. 16:11)
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Prov. 20:23• 23Divers weights [are] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}And a false balance [is] not good. (Prov. 20:23)
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Ezek. 45:10‑12• 10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
 11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer; the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
 12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. (Ezek. 45:10‑12)
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Mic. 6:10‑11• 10{i}Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?{/i}
 11{i}Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?{/i} (Mic. 6:10‑11)
falsifying the balances by deceit.
Heb. perverting thebalances of deceit.
Hos. 12:7• 7A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach! (Hos. 12:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:

W. Kelly Translation

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saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)