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Amos
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
A prophet of the Lord. See his prophecy. His name hath been sometimes spelt Omas, which signifies a burthen, or somewhat weighty. In allusion, perhaps, to the importance of his writings. But it is more generally spelt Amos, from Amatz, strong
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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Amos'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​a/amos.html. London. 1828.