AMOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amos mean? 

• AMOS (noun)
  The noun AMOS has 2 senses:

1. a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet

2. an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies

  Familiarity information: AMOS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Amos; Book of Amos

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

Holonyms ("Amos" is a part of...):

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)