Strong's #5986: `Amowc (pronounced aw-moce')
from 6006; burdensome; Amos, an Israelite prophet:--Amos.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
‛âmôs
Amos = "burden"
1) a prophet of the Lord who prophesied in the northern kingdom; native of Tekoa in Judah near Bethlehem and a shepherd by trade; author of the prophetic book by his name
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H6006
Usage:
This word is used 7 times:
Amos 1:1: "The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which"
Amos 7:8: "And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said,"
Amos 7:10: "king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house"
Amos 7:11: "For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel"
Amos 7:12: "Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into"
Amos 7:14: "Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet,"
Amos 8:2: "And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit."