King James Version
Amos 5:26 in the King James Version says “But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. the tabernacle: or, Siccuth your king”
Amos 5:26 · KJV
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. run: Heb. roll
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. the tabernacle: or, Siccuth your king
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But ye have borne”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and Chiun”
H3594properly, a statue, i.e., idol; but used (by euphemism) for some heathen deity (perhaps corresponding to priapus or baal-peor)
“your images”
H6754a phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
“of your god”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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