Amos 1:9
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
פֶּשַׁע
peshaʻ
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
שְׁבוּת
shᵉbûwth
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
אֱדֹם
ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Study H123 →שְׁבוּת shᵉbûwth
exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
Study H7622 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Cap...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his a...
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