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Smith's Bible Dictionary
The book of the prophecies of Amos seems to be divided into four principal portions closely
connected together. (1) From 1:1 to 2:3 he denounces the sins of the nations bordering on Israel
and Judah. (2) From 2:4 to 6:14 he describes the state of those two kingdoms, especially, the former.
(3) From 7:1 to 9:10 he relates his visit to Bethel, and sketches the impending punishment of Israel.
At last he promises blessings. The chief peculiarity of the style consists in the number of allusions
to natural objects and agricultural occupations, as might be expected from the early life of the
author.
Amoz
(strong), father of the prophet Isaiah, and, according to rabbinical tradition, brother of Amaziah
king of Judah. (2 Kings 19:2,20; 20:1; Isaiah 1:1) (B.C. before 756.)
Amphipolis
(a city surrounded by the sea), a city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed on
their way from Philippi to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1) It was distant 33 Roman miles from Philippi,
to the southwest, and about three miles from the sea. Its site is now occupied by a village called
Neokhorio ; in Turkish Jeni-Keni, or “New Town.”
Amplias
(large), a Christian at Rome. (Romans 16:8) (A.D. 55.)
Ampliatus
(Revised Version,) (Romans 16:8) (the full name of which Amplias, above, is the contraction.
The name in this form is “common in the sepulchral inscriptions of persons connected with Caesar’s
household.” (A.D. 55.)—ED.)
Amram
(an exalted people).
•A Levite of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses. (Exodus 6:18,20) (B.C. 1571.)
•A son of Dishon and descendant of Seir, (1 Chronicles 1:41) properly “Hamram” = Hemdan in
(Genesis 36:26)
•One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:34) (B.C.
459).
Amramites
A branch of the great Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi, (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23)
descended from Amram, the father of Moses.
Amraphel
(keeper of the gods) perhaps a Hamite king of Shinar or Babylonia, who joined the victorious
incursion of the Elamite Chedorlaomer against the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of
the plain. Gen. 14. (B.C. 1898.)
Amulets
were ornaments, gems, scrolls. etc.. worn as preservatives against the power of enchantments,
and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. The “earrings” in (Genesis 35:4) were
obviously connected with idolatrous worship and were probably amulets taken from the bodies of
the slain Shechemites. They are subsequently mentioned among the spoils of Midian. (Judges 8:24)
In (Hosea 2:13) is another like reference. The “earrings” in (Isaiah 3:20) were also amulets.
Amzi
(strong).
•A Levite of the family of Merari. (1 Chronicles 6:46)
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