Amos 3
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
14That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- עַלʻalH592111× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- לֹאlôʼH38087× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- בַּיִתbayithH10045× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אִםʼimH5185× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1364× in this chapter
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvihH30694× in this chapter
{YHWH}
- אָמַרʼâmarH5594× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אַרְמוֹןʼarmôwnH7594× in this chapter
a citadel (from its height)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34783× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כֵּןkênH36513× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- לָכַדlâkadH39203× in this chapter
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
- נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50023× in this chapter
an oracle
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- פָּקַדpâqadH64853× in this chapter
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
- אֲרִיʼărîyH7383× in this chapter
a lion
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80853× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אֵתʼêthH8533× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlH10082× in this chapter
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
- בִּלְתִּיbiltîyH11152× in this chapter
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1272× in this chapter
soil (from its general redness)
- דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דָּבָרdâbârH16972× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- כֹּהkôhH35412× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH41962× in this chapter
an altar
- מִיmîyH43102× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47142× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâhH49402× in this chapter
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
- נָפַלnâphalH53072× in this chapter
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
- נָצַלnâtsalH53372× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- עִירʻîyrH58922× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59272× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative