Amos 5:26
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. | You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves. | Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and you will lift up | וּנְשָׂאתֶ֗ם | u-ne-sa-TEM | H5375G | to exaltמִתְנַשֵּׂא (mit.nas.se) (Hithpael) one who exalts himself A grammatical form of na.sa (נָשָׂא ": raise" H5375) |
| Sikkuth | סִכּ֣וּת | si-KUT | H5522 | Sikkuthסִכּוּת (sik.kut) Sikkuth = "tent" 1) a Babylonian deity 2) (TWOT) Tabernacle |
| king your | מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם | mal-ke-KHEM | H4428G | kingמֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) 1) king Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430) |
| Kiyyun | כִּיּ֣וּן | ki-YUN | H3594 | Kiyyunכִּיּוּן (kiy.yun) § Chiun = "an image" or "pillar" probably a statue of the Assyrian-Babylonian god of the planet Saturn and used to symbolise Israelite apostasy |
| images your | צַלְמֵיכֶ֑ם | tzal-mei-KHEM | H6754 | imageצֶ֫לֶם (tse.lem) 1) image 1a) images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods) 1b) image, likeness (of resemblance) 1c) mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: tse.lem (צְלֵם "image" H6755) |
| [the] star of | כּוֹכַב֙ | ko-KHAV | H3556 | starכּוֹכָב (ko.khav) 1) star 1a) of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.) |
| gods your | אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם | 'e-LO-hei-KHEM | H0430J | Godאֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God" Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G) |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a-SHER | H0834A | whichאֲשֶׁר (a.sher) A: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if B: Beth+ 1) in (that) which 2) (adv) 2a) where 3) (conj) 3a) in that, inasmuch as 3b) on account of C: Mem+ 1) from (or than) that which 2) from (the place) where 3) from (the fact) that, since D: Kaph+ 1) (conj.), according as, as, when 1a) according to that which, according as, as 1b) with a causal force: in so far as, since 1c) with a temporal force: when |
| you made | עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם | 'a-si-TEM | H6213H | to makeעֲבַד (a.vad) 1) to make, do 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to make, create 1a2) to do, perform 1b) (Ithp'al) 1b1) to be made into 1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.