Amos

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Amos
       n 1: a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
       2: an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies [syn: {Book
          of Amos}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  AMOS
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Amos, loading; weighty