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Amos 5:23
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Amos 5:23
23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
23Take thou away from mee the noise of thy songs: for I will not heare the melodie of thy violes.
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DEFINED WORDS
Amos 5:23
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A sound, especially a loud sound, report, or outcry; as a verb, to spread by report.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Sweet sounding, or sweet music.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Stringed musical instruments.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
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Open the full verse study10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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Open the full verse study3And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
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