Amos

See also: amos, Amós, Āmos, -amos, and Ámós

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.məs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪməs

Proper noun

Amos

Book of Amos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Amos on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
5. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
6. A surname.
7. A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
8. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
   2. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
   3. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.

Translations

figure mentioned in the Old Testament

• Afrikaans: Amos (af)
• Arabic: عَامُوس m (ʕāmūs)
• Basque: Amos (eu)
• Breton: Amos (br) m
• Catalan: Amós
• Cebuano: Amos
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿摩司 (aa³ mo¹ si¹)

  Eastern Min: 亞摩士 / 亚摩士 (Ā-mò̤-sê̤ṳ)

  Hakka: 阿摩司 (Â-mô-sṳ̂)

  Mandarin: 阿摩司 (zh) (Āmósī)

• Corsican: Amossu (co)
• Czech: Ámos
• Danish: Amos
• Dutch: Amos (nl) m
• Estonian: Aamos
• Faroese: Amos (fo) m
• Finnish: Aamos (fi) m
• French: Amos (fr)
• German: Amos (de) m
• Greek: Αμώς (el) m (Amós)

  Ancient: Ἁμώς m (Hamṓs)

• Hawaiian: ʻAmosa
• Hebrew: עָמוֹס (he) ('amós)
• Hungarian: Ámos (hu)
• Icelandic: Amos (is) m
• Ido: Amos (io) m
• Irish: Ámós (ga) m
• Italian: Amos (it) m
• Japanese: アモス (Amosu)
• Kazakh: Амос (Amos)
• Latin: Amos (la)
• Latvian: Āmos (lv) m
• Limburgish: Amos
• Lithuanian: Amos m
• Norwegian: Amos (no) m
• Polish: Amos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amós (pt)
• Romanian: Amos m
• Scots: Amos
• Scottish Gaelic: Amos (gd) m
• Slovak: Amos m
• Slovene: Amos (sl) m
• Spanish: Amós
• Swahili: Amosi (sw)
• Swedish: Amos m
• Tagalog: Amos (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Amos
• Welsh: Amos (cy) m
• West Frisian: Amos
• Zealandic: Amos

book of the Old Testament

• Afrikaans: Amos (af)
• Arabic: سِفْر عَامُوس (sifr ʕāmūs)
• Asturian: Amós (ast)
• Basque: Amos (eu)
• Breton: Amos (br) m
• Burmese: အာမုတ်အနာဂတ္တိကျမ် (amut-a.nagatti.kyam)
• Catalan: Amós
• Cebuano: Amos
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿摩司書 / 阿摩司书 (aa³ mo¹ si¹ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 亞摩士書 / 亚摩士书 (Ā-mò̤-sê̤ṳ-cṳ̆)

  Hakka: 阿摩司書 / 阿摩司书 (Â-mô-sṳ̂-sû)

  Mandarin: 阿摩司書 / 阿摩司书 (zh) (Āmósīshū)

• Corsican: Amossu (co)
• Czech: Ámos
• Danish: Amos
• Dutch: Amos (nl) m
• Estonian: Aamose raamat (et)
• Faroese: Amos (fo) m
• Finnish: Aamos (fi)
• French: Amos (fr)
• German: Amos (de) m
• Greek: Αμώς (el) m (Amós)

  Ancient: Ἁμώς m (Hamṓs)

• Hawaiian: ʻAmosa
• Hebrew: עָמוֹס (he) ('Amós)
• Hungarian: Ámos (hu)
• Icelandic: Amos (is) m
• Ido: Amos (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Ámós m, Ámós (ga) m
• Italian: Amos (it) m
• Japanese: アモス書 (Amosu-sho)
• Kazakh: Амос (Amos)
• Konkani: आमस आचें पुस्तक (āmas ācẽ pustak)
• Korean: 아모스 (Amoseu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئامۆس (amos)

• Latin: Amos (la) m
• Latvian: Āmos (lv) m
• Limburgish: Amos
• Lithuanian: Amoso knyga (lt) f
• Malayalam: ആമോസിന്റെ പുസ്തകം (āmōsinṟe pustakaṁ)
• Maltese: Ktieb Għamos (mt) m
• Maori: Amoho (mi)
• Norwegian: Amos (no)
• Odia: ଆମୋଷ ଭବିଷ୍ୟ‌ଦ୍‌ବକ୍ତାଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ (āmosha bhabishya‌d‌baktāṅka pustaka)
• Polish: Księga Amosa f
• Portuguese: Amós (pt)
• Romanian: Amos m
• Russian: Амо́с (ru) (Amós)
• Scots: Amos
• Scottish Gaelic: Amos (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Књига пророка Амоса
• Slovak: Amos m
• Slovene: Amos (sl)
• Spanish: Amós
• Swahili: Amosi (sw)
• Swedish: Amos m
• Tagalog: Amos (tl) m
• Tamil: ஆமோஸ் (āmōs)
• Telugu: ఆమోసు (āmōsu)
• Thai: อาโมส
• Waray-Waray: Amos
• Welsh: Amos (cy) m
• West Frisian: Amos
• Zealandic: Amos

Anagrams

• -omas, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, SoMa, Soma, maos, moas, omas, soam, soma

Faroese

Proper noun

Amos m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Amos: Amosson or Amosson
• daughter of Amos: Amosardóttir or Amosdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Amos
accusative	Amos
dative	Amosi
genitive	Amosar, Amos

French

Etymology

The city is named after Alice Gouin (né Amos; 1868–1940), the wife of prime minister of Québec Lomer Gouin (1861–1929).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɔs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Amos m

1. (biblical) Amos
2. A city in Abitibi, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

• Amossois, Amossoise

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Amos m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amos')

1. Amos
2. the book of Amos

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈamos/ [ˈa.mos]
• Rhymes: -amos
• Syllabification: A‧mos

Proper noun

Amos

1. (Christianity) Amos
   2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
   4. (biblical) A prophet, author of the book of Amos

Further reading

• “Amos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mos/
• Rhymes: -amos
• Hyphenation: À‧mos

Proper noun

Amos m

1. (religion) Amos
2. book of Amos
3. a male given name

Anagrams

• -soma, Mosa, Samo, maso, soma

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈamos/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈamos/

Proper noun

Amos m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Amos (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Amos	Amosy	Amosi, Amosové
genitive	Amosa	Amosú	Amosóv
dative	Amosu, Amosovi	Amosoma	Amosóm
accusative	Amosa	Amosy	Amosy
vocative	Amose	Amosy	Amosi, Amosové
locative	Amosu, Amosovi	Amosú	Amosiech
instrumental	Amosem	Amosoma	Amosy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Amos”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Amos m (genitive Amois)

1. (biblical) Amos
2. (biblical) Amos, the thirtieth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

• Genesis
• Ecsodus
• Lebhiticus
• Àireamh
• Deuteronomi
• Iosua
• Britheamhan
• Rut
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Rìghrean
• 2 Rìghrean
• 1 Eachdraidh
• 2 Eachdraidh
• Esra
• Nehemiah
• Ester
• Iob
• Sailm
• Gnàth-fhacail
• Eclesiastes
• Dàn Sholaimh
• Isaiah
• Ieremiah
• Tuireadh
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosèa
• Ioel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Ionah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Sephaniah
• Hagai
• Sechariah
• Malachi

Slovak

Etymology

Possibly from Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Proper noun

Amos m pers

1. (religion) Amos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Amós, from Latin Amos, from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmos/ [ʔɐˈmos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: A‧mos

Proper noun

Amós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜐ᜔) (religion)

1. Amos

Anagrams

• samo, maso

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɔs/

Proper noun

Amos m (not mutable)

1. a male given name from Hebrew עָמוֹס (“to carry a burden”), equivalent to English Amos
2. (biblical) A prophet, author of the Book of Amos
3. (biblical) The Book of Amos

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testament: llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaiddedit

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Lefiticus
• Numeri
• Deuteronomium
• Josua
• Barnwyr
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Brenhinoedd
• 2 Brenhinoedd
• 1 Cronicl
• 2 Cronicl
• Esra
• Nehemeia
• Esther
• Job
• Salmau
• Diarhebion
• Pregethwr
• Caniad Solomon
• Eseia
• Jeremeia
• Galarnad
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadeia
• Jona
• Micha
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Seffaneia
• Haggai
• Sechareia
• Malachi

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 15