What Does Amos 6:2 Mean?

“Pass”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

“ye unto Calneh”

calneh or calno, a place in the assyrian empire

“and see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“ye to Hamath”

chamath, a place in syria

“greater”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

“then go down”

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau

“to Gath”

gath, a philistine city

“of the Philistines”

a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth

“be they better”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

“than these kingdoms”

dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

these or those

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“greater”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

“or their border”

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

“or their border”

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed