Amo 7:14, Act 19:17-20 | TSK | STEP | neither. an herdman. a gatherer.Rather, as {bolais} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [knizon,] {vellicans,} "a scraping," or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs. sycamore fruit. or, wild figs.

Amos 7:14

neither.

1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3,5,7; 4:38; 6:1; 2Ch 16:7; 19:2; 20:34

an herdman.

a gatherer.Rather, as {bolais} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [knizon,] {vellicans,} "a scraping," or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs.

sycamore fruit. or, wild figs.

Acts 19:17-20

all.

and fear.

2:43; 5:5,11,13; 13:12; Le 10:3; 1Sa 6:20; 2Sa 6:9; Ps 64:9; Lu 1:65

Lu 7:16

the name.

Php 1:20; 2:9-11; 2Th 1:12; 3:1; Heb 2:8,9; Re 5:12-14

confessed.

Le 16:21; 26:40; Job 33:27,28; Ps 32:5; Pr 28:13; Jer 3:13

Eze 16:63; 36:31; Mt 3:6; Ro 10:10; 1Jo 1:9

used.

8:9-11; 13:6,8; Ex 7:11,22; De 18:10-12; 1Sa 28:7-9; 1Ch 10:13

2Ch 33:6; Isa 8:19; 47:12,13; Da 2:2

curious.[Periergos ,] curious, that is, magical arts, in which sense the word is used in the Greek writers. The study of magic was prosecuted with such zeal at Ephesus, that [Ephesios gramma ,] the Ephesian letters, certain charms, or words used in incantation, became much celebrated in antiquity.

and burned.

Ge 35:4; Ex 32:20; De 7:25,26; Isa 2:20,21; 30:22; Mt 5:29,30

Lu 14:33; Heb 10:34

fifty.Probably Attic drachms; which at 7.®d. each, would amount to 1,562£. 10s. or at, 9d. each, to 1,875£.

6:7; 12:24; Isa 55:11; 2Th 3:1