Amos 5:13

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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the

עָרוּם

ʻârûwm

H6175

cunning (usually in a bad sense)

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shall

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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דָּמַם

dâmam

H1826

to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

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in that

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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for it is an

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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Key Terms in This Verse

prudent H6175

עָרוּם ʻârûwm

cunning (usually in a bad sense)

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silence H1826

דָּמַם dâmam

to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

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keep H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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Therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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Cross References

2 Timothy 3:1 cross-reference

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Micah 2:3 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

Hosea 4:4 cross-reference

Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 cross-reference

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Amos 6:10 cross-reference

And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shal...

Ecclesiastes 9:12 cross-reference

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u...

Habakkuk 3:16 cross-reference

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, ...

Ephesians 6:13 cross-reference

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Isaiah 37:3 cross-reference

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Isaiah 36:21 cross-reference

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

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