Amos 8
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, 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 by deceit?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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.
- כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- יוֹםyôwmH31176× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1364× in this chapter
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvihH30694× in this chapter
{YHWH}
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50023× in this chapter
an oracle
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בָּרbârH12502× in this chapter
grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- דָּבָרdâbârH16972× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter
lo!
- זֹאתzôʼthH20632× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- חַיchayH24162× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- יְאֹרyᵉʼôrH29752× in this chapter
a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria
- יָםyâmH32202× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwnH342× in this chapter
destitute
- כְּלוּבkᵉlûwbH36192× in this chapter
a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as resembling a wicker cage)
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אִםʼimH5182× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- עָבַרʻâbarH56742× in this chapter
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עוֹדʻôwdH57502× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
- 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
- אֵבֶלʼêbelH602× in this chapter
lamentation
- צָמָאtsâmâʼH67722× in this chapter
thirst (literally or figuratively)
- קַיִץqayitsH70192× in this chapter
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- רָעָבrâʻâbH74582× in this chapter
hunger (more or less extensive)
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻH76502× in this chapter
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- שָׁבַרshâbarH76662× in this chapter
to deal in grain
- שִׁירshîyrH78922× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80852× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBᵉʼêr ShebaʻH8842× in this chapter
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12451× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- בְּתוּלָהbᵉthûwlâhH13301× in this chapter
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state