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ἀμῶς

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμῶς

Etym.: from obsol. a(mo/s ti\s, only in compd. a)mws-ge/-pws

Sense

  1. in some way or other

Examples

  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἑλιακὶμ τὸν οἰκονόμον καὶ Σωμνὰν τὸν γραμματέα καὶ τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ τῶν ἱερέων περιβεβλημένουσ σάκκουσ πρὸσ Ἡσαί̈αν τὸν προφήτην, υἱὸν Ἀμώσ, (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 19:2)
  • Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἡσαί̈ασ υἱὸσ Ἀμὼσ πρὸσ Ἐζεκίαν λέγων. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῶν δυνάμεων Θεὸσ Ἰσραήλ. ἃ προσηύξω πρόσ με περὶ Σενναχηρὶμ βασιλέωσ Ἀσσυρίων, ἤκουσα. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 19:20)
  • ΕΝ ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ἐκείναισ ἠρρώστησεν Ἐζεκίασ εἰσ θάνατον. καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸσ αὐτὸν Ἡσαί̈ασ υἱὸσ Ἀμὼσ ὁ προφήτησ καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτόν. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἔντειλαι τῷ οἴκῳ σου, ὅτι ἀποθνήσκεισ σὺ καὶ οὐ ζήσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 20:1)
  • καὶ προσηύξατο Ἐζεκίασ ὁ βασιλεὺσ καὶ Ἡσαί̈ασ υἱὸσ Ἀμὼσ ὁ προφήτησ περὶ τούτων καὶ ἐβόησαν εἰσ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:20)
  • καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἐζεκίου καὶ τὸ ἔλεοσ αὐτοῦ ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐν τῇ προφητείᾳ Ἡσαί̈ου υἱοῦ Ἀμὼσ τοῦ προφήτου καὶ ἐπὶ βιβλίου βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:32)

Synonyms

  1. in some way or other

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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