Amos 6:4
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;Amos 6:4 in the real world
In what words
- סָרַחçârachto extend (even to excess)
- עֶרֶשׂʻeresa couch (properly, with a canopy)
- כַּרkara ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as
- מִטָּהmiṭṭâha bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier
- עֵגֶלʻêgela (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
- שֵׁןshêna tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
- שָׁכַבshâkabto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- צֹאןtsôʼna collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
+2 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Amo 3:12, Jas 5:5, Ezk 34:2–3, Psa 73:7, Isa 22:13, 1Sa 25:36–38, Isa 5:11–12, Luk 16:19