Amos 2:8

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And they

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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down upon

בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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to

חָבַל

châbal

H2254

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...

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by every

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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and they

שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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the

יַיִן

yayin

H3196

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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of the

רָשַׁע

râshaʻ

H7561

to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate

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in the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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of their

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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Key Terms in This Verse

condemned H7561

רָשַׁע râshaʻ

to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate

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pledge H2254

חָבַל châbal

to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)

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clothes H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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wine H3196

יַיִן yayin

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

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lay H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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laid H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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drink H8354

שָׁתָה shâthâh

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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altar H4196

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach

an altar

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themselves H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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house H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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Cross References

Amos 6:6 cross-reference

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Hosea 4:8 cross-reference

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

1 Corinthians 10:7 cross-reference

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Ezekiel 18:7 cross-reference

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 23:41 cross-reference

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Ezekiel 18:12 cross-reference

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

Amos 4:1 cross-reference

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Judges 9:27 cross-reference

And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

1 Corinthians 8:10 cross-reference

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

Amos 6:4 cross-reference

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

1 Corinthians 10:21 cross-reference

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

Isaiah 57:7 cross-reference

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

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