Amos 5:9

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[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:	That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.	They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That strengtheneth^H1082 the spoiled^H7701 against the strong^H5794, so that the spoiled^H7701 shall come^H935 against the fortress^H4013.

Original Hebrew

הַמַּבְלִיג שֹׁד עַל־עָז וְשֹׁד עַל־מִבְצָר יָבֹוא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַ/מַּבְלִ֥יג	ha./mav.Lig	H1082	HTd/Vhrmsa	the/ (who) causes to flash
שֹׁ֖ד	shod	H7701	HNcmsa	devastation
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
עָ֑ז	'Az	H5794	HAamsa	(the) strong
וְ/שֹׁ֖ד	ve./Shod	H7701	HC/Ncmsa	and/ devastation
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מִבְצָ֥ר	miv.Tzar	H4013	HNcmsa	a fortress
יָבֽוֹא	ya.Vo'	H935	HVqi3ms	it will come

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

Strong's References

H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
H1082 — בָּלַג (bâlag, baw-lag'): a primitive root; to break off or loose (in a favorable or unfavorable sense), i.e. desist (from grief) or invade (with destruction); comfort, (recover) strength(-en).
H4013 — מִבְצָר (mibtsâr, mib-tsawr'): also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from בָּצַר; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender; (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
H5794 — עַז (ʻaz, az): from עָזַז; strong, vehement, harsh; fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
H7701 — שֹׁד (shôd, shode): or שׁוֹד; (Job 5:21), from שׁוּד; violence, ravage; desolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.

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

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

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

Reciprocal references (2): 2 Chronicles 14:11, Psalms 8:2

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