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Amos 9

Am. 9:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I saw
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
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
standing
natsab (Hebrew #5324)
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, X Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Pronounce: naw-tsab'
Origin: a prim root
upon the altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
: and he 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
, Smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the δlintel of the door
kaphtor (Hebrew #3730)
probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of a column, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
KJV usage: knop, (upper) lintel.
Pronounce: kaf-tore'
Origin: or (Am. 9:1) kaphtowr {kaf-tore'}
, that the posts
caph (Hebrew #5592)
a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
KJV usage: bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
Pronounce: saf
Origin: from 5605, in its original sense of containing
may shake
ra`ash (Hebrew #7493)
to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), partic. through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
KJV usage: make afraid, (re-)move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.
Pronounce: raw-ash
Origin: a primitive root
: and ζcut
batsa` (Hebrew #1214)
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
KJV usage: (be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Pronounce: baw-tsah'
Origin: a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder
them in the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
d, all of them; and I will slay
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
the last
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
of them with the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
: he that fleeth
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
of them shall not flee away
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
, and he that escapeth
paliyt (Hebrew #6412)
or palet {paw-late'}; from 6403; a refugee
KJV usage: (that have) escape(-d, -th), fugitive.
Pronounce: paw-leet'
Origin: or paleyt {paw-late'}
of them shall not be delivered
malat (Hebrew #4422)
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, chapiter or, knop.
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or, wound.
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Sal. 68:21• 21Ciertamente Dios herirá la cabeza de sus enemigos, La cabelluda mollera del que camina en sus pecados. (Sal. 68:21)

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Altar,
Lintel,
Sword

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-10:  The certainty of the desolation.
11-15:  The restoring of the tabernacle of David.
I saw.
2 Cr. 18:18• 18Entonces él dijo: Oid pues palabra de Jehová: Yo he visto á Jehová sentado en su trono, y todo el ejército de los cielos estaba á su mano derecha y á su izquierda. (2 Cr. 18:18)
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Is. 6:1• 1En el año que murió el rey Uzzías vi yo al Señor sentado sobre un trono alto y sublime, y sus faldas henchían el templo. (Is. 6:1)
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Ez. 1:28• 28Cual parece el arco del cielo que está en las nubes el día que llueve, así era el parecer del resplandor alrededor. Esta fué la visión de la semejanza de la gloria de Jehová. Y luego que yo la hube visto, caí sobre mi rostro, y oí voz de uno que hablaba. (Ez. 1:28)
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Jn. 1:18,32• 18A Dios nadie le vió jamás: el unigénito Hijo, que está en el seno del Padre, él le declaró.
 32Y Juan dió testimonio, diciendo: Vi al Espíritu que descendía del cielo como paloma, y reposó sobre él. (Jn. 1:18,32)
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Hch. 26:13• 13En mitad del día, oh rey, vi en el camino una luz del cielo, que sobrepujaba el resplandor del sol, la cual me rodeó y á los que iban conmigo. (Hch. 26:13)
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Ap. 1:17• 17Y fpicuando yo le vi, caí como muerto á sus pies. Y él puso su diestra sobre mí, diciéndome: No temas: yo soy el primero y el último; (Ap. 1:17)
upon.
Am. 3:14• 14Que el día que visitaré las rebeliones de Israel sobre él, visitaré también sobre los altares de Beth-el; y serán cortados los cuernos del altar, y caerán á tierra. (Am. 3:14)
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Ez. 9:2• 2Y he aquí que seis varones venían del camino de la puerta de arriba que está vuelta al aquilón, y cada uno traía en su mano su instrumento para destruir. Y entre ellos había un varón vestido de lienzos, el cual traía á su cintura una escribanía de escribano; y entrados, paráronse junto al altar de bronce. (Ez. 9:2)
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Ez. 10:4• 4Y la gloria de Jehová se levantó del querubín al umbral de la puerta; y la casa fué llena de la nube, y el atrio se llenó del resplandor de la gloria de Jehová. (Ez. 10:4)
Smite.
Is. 6:3‑4• 3Y el uno al otro daba voces, diciendo: Santo, santo, santo, Jehová de los ejércitos: toda la tierra está llena de su gloria.
 4Y los quiciales de las puestas se estremecieron con la voz del que clamaba, y la casa se hinchió de humo. (Is. 6:3‑4)
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Zac. 11:1‑2• 1Oh Líbano, abre tus puertas, y queme fuego tus cedros.
 2Aulla, oh haya, porque el cedro cayó, porque los magníficos son talados. Aullad, alcornoques de Basán, porque el fuerte monte es derribado. (Zac. 11:1‑2)
lintel.
or, chapiter, or knop.
cut them.
or, wound them.in the head.
Sal. 68:21• 21Ciertamente Dios herirá la cabeza de sus enemigos, La cabelluda mollera del que camina en sus pecados. (Sal. 68:21)
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Hab. 3:13• 13Saliste para salvar tu pueblo, Para salvar con tu ungido. Traspasaste la cabeza de la casa del impío, Desnudando el cimiento hasta el cuello. (Selah.) (Hab. 3:13)
shall not flee.
Am. 2:14‑15• 14Y la huída perecerá del ligero, y el fuerte no esforzará su fuerza, ni el valiente librará su vida;
 15Y el que toma el arco no resistirá, ni escapará el ligero de pies, ni el que cabalga en caballo salvará su vida. (Am. 2:14‑15)
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Is. 24:17‑18• 17Terror y sima y lazo sobre ti, oh morador de la tierra.
 18Y acontecerá que el que huirá de la voz del terror, caerá en la sima; y el que saliere de en medio de la sima, será preso del lazo: porque de lo alto se abrieron ventanas, y temblarán los fundamentos de la tierra. (Is. 24:17‑18)
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Is. 30:16• 16Sino que dijisteis: No, antes huiremos en caballos: por tanto vosotros huiréis. Sobre ligeros cabalgaremos: por tanto serán ligeros vuestros perseguidores. (Is. 30:16)
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Jer. 48:44• 44El que huyere del miedo, caerá en el hoyo; y el que saliere del hoyo, será preso del lazo: porque yo traeré sobre él, sobre Moab, año de su visitación, dice Jehová. (Jer. 48:44)
• In Amos 9 all is crowned by the vision of the Lord standing on the altar to execute without further delay the judgment Himself. (“Amos 9” by W. Kelly)
• In the last vision, Amos sees the Lord “standing upon the altar” at Bethel as a great conquering Warrior leading the Assyrian armies against His people. (“The Prophecies of Amos” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of theme with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "their posterity," as ch. 4.2; Ps. 109.13.