Amos 1:8
And I shall lose the dwellers of Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre of Ashkelon; and I shall turn mine hand on Ekron, and the remnants of Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- אַשְׁקְלוֹןʼAshqᵉlôwnAshkelon, a place in Palestine
- אַשְׁדּוֹדʼAshdôwdAshdod, a place in Palestine
- תָּמַךְtâmakto sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
- עֶקְרוֹןʻEqrôwnEkron, a place in Palestine
- שְׁאֵרִיתshᵉʼêrîytha remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
- אָבַדʼâbadproperly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Ekron royal inscriptionNamed outside the BibleA Philistine city the Bible names repeatedly is identified by its own inscription, in place, with a dynasty of named rulers.
Cross-references
Ezk 25:16, Isa 14:29–31, Zep 2:4–7, Jer 47:4–5, Zec 9:6, Isa 20:1, 2Ch 26:6, Psa 81:14