Amos 2:12
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
נָזִיר
nâzîyr
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
נָבִיא
nâbîyʼ
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָבָא
nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָזִיר nâzîyr
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
Study H5139 →נָבָא nâbâʼ
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Study H5012 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
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