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Amos 2:9 - Fruit

Amos 2:9 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
Yet destroyed	H8045	שָׁמַד	[Verb] to desolate
I	H595	אָנֹכִי	I
the Amorite	H567	אֱמֹרִי	[Noun Masculine] thus a mountaineer; an {Emorite} one of the Canaanitish tribes
before	H4480	מִן	[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses
them whose	H834	אֲשֶׁר	{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc.
height	H1363	גֹּבַהּ	[Noun Masculine] {elation} {grandeur } arrogance
was like the height	H1363	גֹּבַהּ	[Noun Masculine] {elation} {grandeur } arrogance
of the cedars	H730	אֶרֶז	[Noun Masculine] a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
and he	H1931	הוּא	[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
was strong	H2634	חָסֹן	[Adjective] powerful
as the oaks	H437	אַלּוֹן	[Noun Masculine] A variation of H436
yet I	H595	אָנֹכִי	I
destroyed	H8045	שָׁמַד	[Verb] to desolate
his fruit	H6529	פְּרִי	[Noun Masculine] fruit (literally or figuratively)
from above	H4480	מִן	[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses
and his roots	H8328	שֶׁרֶשׁ	[Noun Masculine] a root (literally or figuratively)
from beneath	H4480	מִן	[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.

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Amos 2:9 - Fruit

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