עָמוֹס
ʻÂmôwç · aw-moce'
Amos, an Israelite prophet
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6006 (עָמַס); burdensome;
Amos, an Israelite prophet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Amos.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמוֹס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- amos3 · 43%
- of amos1 · 14%
- unto me, amos1 · 14%
- for thus amos1 · 14%
- unto amos1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
- Amos7
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.