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"AMOS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "carry", "loading", "weighty". |
Date "AMOS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
"AMOS" is a common misspelling or typo for: ambos, Ammos, maps. |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Amos borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a "prophet nor a prophet's son," but "an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees," R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea (Amos 1:1; 7:14, 15; Zech. 14:5), who survived him a few years. Under Jeroboam II. the kingdom of Israel rose to the zenith of its prosperity; but that was followed by the prevalence of luxury and vice and idolatry. At this period Amos was called from his obscurity to remind the people of the law of God's retributive justice, and to call them to repentance. The Book of Amos consists of three parts: (1.) The nations around are summoned to judgment because of their sins (1:1-2:3). He quotes Joel 3:16. (2.) The spiritual condition of Judah, and especially of Israel, is described (2:4-6:14). (3.) In 7:1-9:10 are recorded five prophetic visions. (a) The first two (7:1-6) refer to judgments against the guilty people. (b) The next two (7:7-9; 8:1-3) point out the ripeness of the people for the threatened judgements. 7:10-17 consists of a conversation between the prophet and the priest of Bethel. (c) The fifth describes the overthrow and ruin of Israel (9:1-10); to which is added the promise of the restoration of the kingdom and its final glory in the Messiah's kingdom. The style is peculiar in the number of the allusions made to natural objects and to agricultural occupations. Other allusions show also that Amos was a student of the law as well as a "child of nature." These phrases are peculiar to him: "Cleanness of teeth" [i.e., want of bread] (4:6); "The excellency of Jacob" (6:8; 8:7); "The high places of Isaac" (7:9); "The house of Isaac" (7:16); "He that createth the wind" (4:13). Quoted, Acts 7:42. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Amos was a person in the Bible.
The name means borne or a burden.
He is one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekoah Tekoa, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a "prophet nor a prophet's son," but "an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees," R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea, as well as Joel (Amos 1:1; 7:14, 15; Zech. 14:5), who survived him a few years. Under Jeroboam II. the kingdom of Israel rose to the zenith of its prosperity; but that was followed by the prevalence of luxury and vice and idolatry. At this period Amos was called from his obscurity to remind the people of the law of God's retributive justice, and to call them to repentance.
The Book of Amos consists of three parts:
(1.) The nations around are summoned to judgment because of their sins (1:1-2:3). He quotes Joel 3:16.
(2.) The spiritual condition of Judah, and especially of Israel, is described (2:4-6:14).
(3.) In 7:1-9:10 are recorded five prophetic visions. (a) The first two (7:1-6) refer to judgments against the guilty people. (b) The next two (7:7-9; 8:1-3) point out the ripeness of the people for the threatened judgements. 7:10-17 consists of a conversation between the prophet and the priest of Bethel. (c) The fifth describes the overthrow and ruin of Israel (9:1-10); to which is added the promise of the restoration of the kingdom and its final glory in the Messiah's kingdom.
The style is peculiar in the number of the allusions made to natural objects and to agricultural occupations. Other allusions show also that Amos was a student of the law as well as a "child of nature." These phrases are peculiar to him: "Cleanness of teeth" [i.e., want of bread] (4:6); "The excellency of Jacob" (6:8; 8:7); "The high places of Isaac" (7:9); "The house of Isaac" (7:16); "He that createth the wind" (4:13). Quoted, Acts 7:42.
Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897 -- Please update as needed
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amos."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AMOS | English | Alpha Microsystems Operating System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: AMOS |
| Specialty definitions using "AMOS": Benhadad, Ben-hadad ♦ Mattathias, Mattithiah. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AMOS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (amos). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Record indicate most murder result from violence, and murder without bloodstain like Amos without Andy - most unusual. (Charlie Chan at the Race Track; writing credit: Lou Breslow; Saul Elkins) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Amos 'n' Andy (1951) The Coming of Amos (1925) A Film by Amos Gitai Independence: Around the Film 'Kedma' (2002) Amos (1985) Jan Amos Komensky (1981) | |
Song Titles | AMOS MOSES (performing artist: Jerry Reed ) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Group photograph of the president's cancer panel in 1982. (l-r): Dr. Elliott Stonehill, Dr. William Longmire, Armand Hammer, Dr. Harold Amos, Dr. Vincent DeVita. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Amos Kendall - the 4th Auditor under Andrew Jackson Adversary of Ferdinand Hassler Telegraph entrepreneur in later career. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Amos Wurz, field boss at the New Miami Hutterite Community near Shelby, Montana talks to Phyllis Phillips, NRCS, District Conservationist about this years potato crop. Credit: USDA. |  | [Charles Amos Budd] / [P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Howell].. |
 | [Avery Amos Rittenour]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Amos Strunk. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Amos -- there's a wolf at the door!!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A display of the United States of America / Amos Doolittle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | American girl / Emma Amos 1974. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Amos Bronson Alcott | The less routine the more life. |
| Our ideals are our better selves. | |
| The surest sign of age is loneliness. | |
| Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. | |
| Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. | |
| Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides. | |
| Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. | |
| To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. | |
Tori Amos | The dark side is not something most people think is inside them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Liberia | An Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU) was formed in Gambia under the auspices of ECOWAS in October 1990 and Dr. Amos C. Sawyer became President. (references) |
Human Rights | Kenya | Arguing that citizens must first notify his office before initiating private prosecution, Attorney General Amos Wako has used this authority on a number of occasions to terminate cases against government officials. (references) |
Liberia | There were no further developments in the prosecution of eight former civil war combatants who were arrested after the November 2000 ransacking of the offices of the Center for Democratic Empowerment (CEDE) and the beating of former interim president and human rights defender Amos Sawyer and the organization's executive director, Conmany Wesseh. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | On July 23, Amos Murungweni, a factory worker in Harare, reportedly was "minced" to death by a machine used to mix chemicals. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "AMOS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.23% of the time. "AMOS" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.23% | 147 | 25,998 |
| Noun (plural) | 5.77% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 156 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "AMOS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Amos | First name Male | 20,000 | 470 |
| Amos | Last name | 10,000 | 1,266 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "AMOS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "carry", "loading", "weighty". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "AMOS." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Amos | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Amos | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Amos | Male | English | N/A |
| Amos | Male | Jewish | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "AMOS": Jan Amos Komensky ♦ John Amos Comenius. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tori amos | 2,823 | tori amos quote | 25 |
tori amos lyrics | 461 | tori amos video | 24 |
amos | 316 | tori amos concert ticket | 22 |
amos and andy | 202 | tori amos biography | 21 |
tori amos picture | 102 | tori amos concert | 21 |
amos n andy | 64 | amos lyrics ride taxi tori | 20 |
daniel amos | 63 | amos comenio juan | 19 |
abitibi amos | 58 | amos the prophet | 19 |
john amos | 56 | amos lyrics tori winter | 18 |
tori amos ticket | 54 | amos free music sheet tori | 18 |
famous amos | 54 | amos oz | 17 |
tori amos pic | 41 | amos lyrics silent these tori years | 16 |
tori amos mp3 | 40 | the book of amos | 16 |
tori amos discography | 35 | tori amos tab | 16 |
amos fairy lyrics sorta tale tori | 34 | amos southend | 15 |
tori amos sheet music | 31 | tory amos | 15 |
tori amos wallpaper | 28 | tori amos tour date | 15 |
tori amos nude | 26 | wally amos | 14 |
famous amos cookie | 26 | amos moses | 14 |
tori amos photo | 26 | tori amos scarlets walk | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "AMOS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | AMO. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Amos. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | amosay On Ýki Küçük Peygamberin Kehanetleri, On Ýki Küçük Peygamberden Biri. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Tou mattaqiou tou amwV tou naoum tou esli tou naggai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui fuit Matthathiae qui fuit Amos qui fuit Naum qui fuit Esli qui fuit Naggae |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | ---------- |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That was of Joseph, that was of Matatie, that was of Amos, that was of Naum, that was of Hely, that was of Nagge, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Which was the sonne of Matatthias: which was the sonne of Amos: which was the sonne of Nahum: which was the sonne of Esli: which was the sonne of Nagge: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Amos, who was the son of Naum, who was the son of Esli, who was the son of Nagge, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | nga anak ni Matatias, nga anak ni Amos, nga anak ni Nahum, nga anak ni Esli, nga anak ni Nague, |
| Croatian | Matatijin, Amosov, Naumov, Heslijev, Nagajev, |
| Danish | Mattathias's Søn, Amos's Søn, Naums Søn, Eslis Søn, Naggajs Søn, |
| Dutch | Den zoon van Mattathias, den zoon van Amos, den zoon van Naum, den zoon van Esli, den zoon van Naggai, |
| Finnish | tämä Mattatiaan, tämä Aamoksen, tämä Naahumin, tämä Eslin, tämä Naggain, |
| French | fils de Mattathias, fils d`Amos, fils de Nahum, fils d`Esli, fils de Naggaï, |
| German | der war ein Sohn des Mattathias, der war ein Sohn des Amos, der war ein Sohn Nahums, der war ein Sohn Eslis, der war ein Sohn Nangais, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | anak Matica, anak Amos, anak Nahum, anak Hesli, anak Nagai, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | anak Matatias, anak Amos, anak Nahun, anak Esli, anak Naggai, |
| Italian | figlio di Mattatìa, figlio di Amos, figlio di Naum, figlio di Esli, figlio di Nagg i, |
| Korean | 그 이 상 은 맛 다 "" 아 ", 그 이 상 은 아 모 스 ", 그 이 상 은 나 " 이 ", 그 이 상 은 에 슬 리 ", 그 이 상 은 낙 개 " |
| Latvian | Tas bija Matatija, tas Amosa, tas Nauma, tas Hesli, tas Nages dçls, |
| Manx Gaelic | Mac Mattathias, mac Amos,mac Naum, mac Esli, mac Nagge, |
| Maori | Tama a Matatiaha, tama a Amoho, tama a Nahumu, tama a Eheri, tama a Nakai, |
| Norwegian | sønn av Mattatias, sønn av Amos, sønn av Nahum, sønn av Esli, sønn av Naggai, |
| Rumanian | fiul lui Matatia, fiul lui Amos, fiul lui Naum, fiul lui Esli, fiul lui Nagai, |
| Russian | нБФФБЖЙЕЧ, бНПУПЧ, оБХНПЧ, еУМЙНПЧ, оБЗЗЕЕЧ, |
| Shuar | Jusé Matatíasa Uchiríyayi; Matatías Amusa Uchiríyayi; Amus Najuma Uchiríyayi; Najum Esrí Uchiríyayi; Esri Nakaia Uchiríyayi; |
| Swahili | mwana wa Matathia, mwana wa Amosi, mwana wa Nahumu, mwana wa Hesli, mwana wa Nagai, |
| Swedish | som var son av Mattatias, som var son av Amos, som var son av Naum, som var son av Esli, som var son av Naggai, |
| Uma | Yusuf ana' Matica, Matica ana' Amos, Amos ana' Nahum, Nahum ana' Hesli, Hesli ana' Nagai, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AMOS": amosite, amosites. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "AMOS": alamos, bayamos, dynamos, paramos, shamos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AMOS": agamospermies, agamospermy, biramose, damosel, damosels, ramose, ramosely, ramosities, ramosity, samosa, samosas, shamosim, squamosal, squamosals, squamose, vamose, vamosed, vamoses, vamosing. (additional references) | |
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"AMOS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amoks, Amoo, amosa, Amotz, amus, anos, Anosov, Aqms, Asom, Axos, Fanmos, imos, Imosa, Imus, Maos, Namoos, Nmos, Pmos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: moas, soma. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-o-s" | |
-1 letter: mas, moa, mos, oms, som. | |
-2 letters: am, as, ma, mo, om, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-o-s" | |
+1 letter: ambos, ammos, amoks, atoms, comas, foams, loams, makos, manos, mason, mayos, moans, moats, molas, monas, moras, moxas, nomas, ogams, omasa, roams, sambo, somas, stoma. | |
+2 letters: abmhos, abohms, abomas, alamos, almost, amigos, amnios, amoles, amours, armors, aromas, awmous, axioms, cameos, campos, caroms, commas, damson, dogmas, dolmas, doumas, famous, forams, gloams, hansom, imagos, jorams, machos, macons, macros, magots, mahoes, majors, mambos, mangos, manors, mascon, mascot, masons, matzos, mayors, miaous, miaows, mimosa, mochas, molars, mommas, monads, moolas, morals, morass, morays, mosaic, moshav, mucosa, myomas, nomads, oakums, oghams, omasum, omegas, orgasm, ramose, ramous, ramson, ransom, romans, salmon, sambos, samosa, shalom, shamos, shamoy, slalom, smalto, socman, somata, stomal, stomas, stroma, tomans, vamose, womans. | |
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