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Amos 8

Amos 8:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That we may buy
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
for silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, and the needy
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
for a pair of shoes
na`al (Hebrew #5275)
alah {nah-al-aw'}; from 5274; properly, a sandal tongue; by extens. a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
KJV usage: dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).
Pronounce: nah'-al
Origin: or (feminine) na
; yea, and sell
shabar (Hebrew #7666)
to deal in grain
KJV usage: buy, sell.
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: denominative from 7668
the refuse
mappal (Hebrew #4651)
a falling off, i.e. chaff; also something pendulous, i.e. a flap
KJV usage: flake, refuse.
Pronounce: map-pawl'
Origin: from 5307
of the 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}
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Poor,
Shoes,
Silver,
Wheat

Cross References

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Amos 8:4• 4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, (Amos 8:4)
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Amos 2:6• 6Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; (Amos 2:6)
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Lev. 25:39‑42• 39And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
 40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee:
 41And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
 42For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. (Lev. 25:39‑42)
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Neh. 5:1‑5,8• 1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
 2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
 3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
 4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
 8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. (Neh. 5:1‑5,8)
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Joel 3:3,6• 3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
 6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. (Joel 3:3,6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.