Amos

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

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Amos

Wikipedia

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

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Amos

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

1. Amos
2. the book of Amos

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Amos

Wikipedia ^id

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.