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Amos (עָמוֹס) means Amos in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

עָמוֹס
amos
noun · masculine
In English

Amos

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ע

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Amos.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    אחד מתרי עשר הנביאים האחרונים, התנבא על ממלכת ישראל.
    דִּבְרֵי עָמוֹס אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בַנֹּקְדִים מִתְּקוֹעַ אֲשֶׁר חָזָה עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי עֻזִּיָּה מֶלֶךְשׂיְהוּדָה וּבִימֵי יָרָבְעָם בֶּן יוֹאָשׁ מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁנָתַיִם לִפְנֵי הָרָעַשׁ.
  2. 2
    שם פרטי לזכר

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Amos is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
עָמוֹס
Written without vowel points
עמוס
Said
amos
Root
ע־מ־ס
Pattern
קָטוֹל
Gematria
176

This is how Amos is said in other languages.

English
Amos

The word Amos comes from the root ע־מ־ס, like these words.

These words come before and after Amos in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Amos.

What does Amos (⁨עָמוֹס⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Amos (⁨עָמוֹס⁩) means Amos. It is said amos, with the stress on a.

Is Amos (⁨עָמוֹס⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Amos (⁨עָמוֹס⁩) is a masculine noun.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עמוס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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