Amos 4:4 KJV - Bible Verse

Amos 4:4

"Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Come to Bethel and transgress,.... and what follows, are ironic and sarcastic speeches, not giving liberty to sin, but in this way reproving for it: Bethel was one of the places where the calves were placed and worshipped: and here they are bid to go thither, and go on with and continue in their idolatrous worship, by which they transgressed

the law of God, and mark what would be the issue of it. The sense is the same with Ecc 11:9 ; see Eze 20:29 ; at Gilgal multiply transgression; that is, multiply acts of idolatry: Gilgal was a place where high places and altars were erected, and idols worshipped; as it had formerly been a place of religious worship of the true God, the ten tribes made use of it in the times of their apostasy for idolatrous worship; see Hos 4:15 ; and bring your sacrifices every morning; and offer them to your idols, as you were wont formerly to offer them unto the true God, according to the law of Moses, Exo 29:38 ; and your tithes after three years; the third year after the sabbatical year was the year of tithing; and after the tithe of the increase of the fruits of the earth, there was "maaser sheni", the second tithe, the same with "maaser ani", the poor's tithe, which was given to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless; and the widow, to eat with them, Deu 14:22 ; and this they are sarcastically bid to observe in their idolatrous way. It is, in the Hebrew text, "after three days"; and so the Targum, "your tithes in three days;'' days being put for years, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe. It may be rendered, "after three years of days" (s); three complete years. (s) "post tres annos dierum", Piscator.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (13 words)

H0935 בּוֹא

Definition:

13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti 13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti

Possible Meanings:

come in (semantic_range)
come (semantic_range)
go in (semantic_range)
go (semantic_range)
come in (semantic_range)

H1008 בֵּית־אֵל

Definition:

2+ according to see d. H; compare BaerGenesis 12:8;house of God, orhouse of El) —1ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identification withLuz(former name)Genesis 28:19;G 2+ according to see d. H; compare BaerGenesis 12:8;house of God, orhouse of El) —1ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identification withLuz(former name)Genesis 28:19;G

Possible Meanings:

Bethel (semantic_range)

H1008 בֵּית־אֵל

Definition:

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Bethel (semantic_range)

H6586 פָשַׁע

Definition:

7+, 2 feminine singularמָּשַׁ֫עַתְּZephaniah 3:11;מָּשָׁ֑עתְּJeremiah 3:13, etc.;ImperfectיִפְשַׁעProverbs 28:21+ 8 t. ImperfectImperative; masculine pluralמִּשְׁעוּAmos 4:4;Infinitive absolute?מָּשֹׁ 7+, 2 feminine singularמָּשַׁ֫עַתְּZephaniah 3:11;מָּשָׁ֑עתְּJeremiah 3:13, etc.;ImperfectיִפְשַׁעProverbs 28:21+ 8 t. ImperfectImperative; masculine pluralמִּשְׁעוּAmos 4:4;Infinitive absolute?מָּשֹׁ

Possible Meanings:

transgression (semantic_range)

H1537 גִּלְגָּל

Definition:

9, where word-play onroll away, off)— with article exceptJoshua 5:9;Joshua 12:23; —1place east of Jericho, where Israel lay encampedJoshua 4:19,20;Joshua 5:9,10;Joshua 9:6;Joshua 10:7,9;Joshua 14:6com 9, where word-play onroll away, off)— with article exceptJoshua 5:9;Joshua 12:23; —1place east of Jericho, where Israel lay encampedJoshua 4:19,20;Joshua 5:9,10;Joshua 9:6;Joshua 10:7,9;Joshua 14:6com

Possible Meanings:

circle (semantic_range)

H7235 רָבָה

Definition:

A primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect) -- (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake forrabab), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full o A primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect) -- (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake forrabab), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full o

Possible Meanings:

grow great (semantic_range)
grow tall and large (semantic_range)
make great (semantic_range)

H6586 פָשַׁע

Definition:

Possible Meanings:

transgression (semantic_range)

H0935 בּוֹא

Definition:

Possible Meanings:

come in (semantic_range)
come (semantic_range)
go in (semantic_range)
go (semantic_range)
come in (semantic_range)

H1242 בֹּקֶר

Definition:

13morning(Late Hebrewid.; fromsplit, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) —׳בGenesis 1:5+ (always absolute); pluralבְּקָרִיםJob 7:184t.; —1morning(of point of time, ti 13morning(Late Hebrewid.; fromsplit, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) —׳בGenesis 1:5+ (always absolute); pluralבְּקָרִיםJob 7:184t.; —1morning(of point of time, ti

Possible Meanings:

inquire (semantic_range)
seek (semantic_range)
let search be made (semantic_range)

H2077 זֶבַח

Definition:

23sacrifice**Phoenicianזבחof an offering of bread and oil CISi. 165, 12; 167. 8, compare RSSemitic 205 (2nd ed. 222).׳זabsoluteGenesis 31:54+; constructExodus 34:25+;זָ֑בַחLeviticus 17:816t.; suffixזִ 23sacrifice**Phoenicianזבחof an offering of bread and oil CISi. 165, 12; 167. 8, compare RSSemitic 205 (2nd ed. 222).׳זabsoluteGenesis 31:54+; constructExodus 34:25+;זָ֑בַחLeviticus 17:816t.; suffixזִ

Possible Meanings:

the covenant sacrifice (semantic_range)
the passover (semantic_range)
annual sacrifice (semantic_range)
thank offering (semantic_range)

H7969 שָׁלוֹשׁ

Definition:

890t., also constructשְׁלשׁGenesis 18:665t. (butGenesis 38:24read perhapsשְׁלשֶׁתSamaritan, compare Di and others),שְׁלָשֿׁExodus 21:11;feminineשְׁלשָׁה(וֺשָׁה- rare, chiefly late), withnoun masculine 890t., also constructשְׁלשׁGenesis 18:665t. (butGenesis 38:24read perhapsשְׁלשֶׁתSamaritan, compare Di and others),שְׁלָשֿׁExodus 21:11;feminineשְׁלשָׁה(וֺשָׁה- rare, chiefly late), withnoun masculine

H3117 יוֹם

Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H4643 מַעֲשֵׂר

Definition:

28tenth part, tithe; — absolute׳מNumbers 18:26+; constructמַעְשַׂרLeviticus 27:30+,מַעֲשַׂרNehemiah 10:39(beforeהַמַּעֲשֵׂר); suffixמַעַשְׂרוֺLeviticus 27:31; plural absoluteמַעַשְׂרוֺתNehemiah 12:44; 28tenth part, tithe; — absolute׳מNumbers 18:26+; constructמַעְשַׂרLeviticus 27:30+,מַעֲשַׂרNehemiah 10:39(beforeהַמַּעֲשֵׂר); suffixמַעַשְׂרוֺLeviticus 27:31; plural absoluteמַעַשְׂרוֺתNehemiah 12:44;

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