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Amos 1:5

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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.	I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.	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:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I will break^H7665 also the bar^H1280 of Damascus^H1834, and cut off^H3772 the inhabitant^H3427 from the plain^H1237 of Aven^H206, and him that holdeth^H8551 the sceptre^H7626 from the house^H1004 of Eden^{H5731 H1040}: and the people^H5971 of Syria^H758 shall go into captivity^H1540 unto Kir^H7024, saith^H559 the LORD^H3068.

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Original Hebrew

וְשָׁבַרְתִּי בְּרִיחַ דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּי יֹושֵׁב מִבִּקְעַת־אָוֶן וְתֹומֵךְ שֵׁבֶט מִבֵּית עֶדֶן וְגָלוּ עַם־אֲרָם קִירָה אָמַר יְהוָה׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/שָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙	ve./sha.var.Ti	H7665	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will break
בְּרִ֣יחַ	be.Ri.ach	H1280	HNcmsc	(the) bar of
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק	da.Me.sek	H1834	HNp	Damascus
וְ/הִכְרַתִּ֤י	ve./hikh.ra.Ti	H3772	HC/Vhq1cs	and/ I will cut off
יוֹשֵׁב֙	yo.Shev	H3427	HVqrmsa	inhabitant(s)
מִ/בִּקְעַת	mi./bik.'at-	H1237	HR/Np	from/ (the) Valley of
אָ֔וֶן	'A.ven	H206	HNp	Aven
וְ/תוֹמֵ֥ךְ	ve./to.Mekh	H8551	HC/Vqrmsc	and/ a holder of
שֵׁ֖בֶט	She.vet	H7626	HNcmsa	a scepter
מִ/בֵּ֣ית	mi./Beit	H1004	HR/Np	from/ Beth
עֶ֑דֶן	'E.den	H5730	HNp	Eden
וְ/גָל֧וּ	ve./ga.Lu	H1540	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will go into exile
עַם	'am-	H5971	HNcmsc	(the) people of
אֲרָ֛ם	'a.Ram	H758	HNp	Aram
קִ֖ירָ/ה	Ki.ra/h	H7024	HNp/Sd	Kir/ towards
אָמַ֥ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
יְהוָֽה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H206 — אָוֶן (ʼÂven, aw'-ven): the same as אָוֶן; idolatry; Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel); Aven. See also אוֹן, בֵּית אָוֶן.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H758 — אֲרָם (ʼĂrâm, arawm'): from the same as אַרְמוֹן; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite; Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1040 — בֵּית עֵדֶן (Bêyth ʻÊden, bayth ay'-den): from בַּיִת and עֵדֶן; house of pleasure; Beth-Eden, a place in Syria; Beth-eden.
• H1237 — בִּקְעָה (biqʻâh, bik-aw'): from בָּקַע; properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains; plain, valley.
• H1280 — בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach, ber-ee'-akh): from בָּרַח; a bolt; bar, fugitive.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H1834 — דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq, dam-meh'-sek): or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria; Damascus.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
• H5731 — עֵדֶן (ʻÊden, ay'-den): the same as עֵדֶן (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam's home; Eden.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7024 — קִיר (Qîyr, keer): the same as קִיר; fortress; Kir, a place in Assyrian; also one in Moab; Kir. Compare קִיר חֶרֶשׂ.
• H7626 — שֵׁבֶט (shêbeṭ, shay'-bet): from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
• H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).
• H8551 — תָּמַךְ (tâmak, taw-mak'): a primitive root; to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close; (take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H5730 — עֵדֶן (ʻêden, ay'-den): or (feminine) עֶדְנָה; from עָדַן; pleasure; delicate, delight, pleasure. See also בֵּית עֵדֶן.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• break — Isaiah 43:14, Jeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 51:30, Lamentations 2:9, Nahum 3:13
• the people — 2 Kings 16:9, Amos 9:7

Reciprocal references (3): Isaiah 22:6, Isaiah 37:12, Ezekiel 27:23

Related Topics

• Nave’s: AVEN, DAMASCUS, EDEN, KIR, SYRIA

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