amos · Amos

What it means

amos (עָמוֹס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Amos”.

"Amos": "burden"; a prophet from Tekoa.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Amos 1:1

  The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

• Amos 7:8

  And YHWH said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” And Adonai said, “Look at me: I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will no longer pass by him.

• Amos 7:10

  Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.

• Amos 7:11

  For thus Amos has said, ‘By the sword Jeroboam will die, and Israel will surely go into exile away from his land.’”

• Amos 7:12

  And Amaziah said to Amos, “Seer, go, flee to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and there prophesy.

• Amos 7:14

  And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, and I am not a prophet's son; but I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.

• Amos 8:2

  And he said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” And YHWH said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will no longer pass by him.