acacias, 76 f.

'all flesh,' 22, 64
Almighty, 44, 81 f., 232 n.
Ammonites, 141, 146

Amorite, 151

Amos, personal life of, 93 ff.; contents of
prophecy, 95 ff.; condition of Israel in
age of, 98 ff.; intellectual aptitudes of,
103 ff.; characteristic teaching of, 106 ff.;
his conception of Jehovah, 106-109,
112; literary style of, 104, 115 f., 122;
traditions, institutions, &c. known to,
113 ff.; authenticity of prophecy of,
117 ff., 140
anointing, 195
apple, 42

Arábah, the, 77, 199 f.

Arabic, Heb. words explained from, 38,
42, 45 n., 46 n., 47, 52, 56, 67, 74, 85,
86, 125, 161 (?), 164, 167, 180, 186, 188,
194, 201 m., 219, 227 n., 228, 230n., 236
Aram, 133

Aramaic referred to, 24, 40, 59, 59 n., 73,
79 n., 85, 86, 132, 154

Armenia (?), 165

artificial distinctions created in A.V. and

'called by my name, 223
'call on Jehovah,' to, 66
Calneh, 191, 192
Caphtor, 220

'captivity' and 'exile,' 133
Carmel, 128, 217

chapiter, 216

chronology of the kings, 8

commercial dishonesty, 115, 210-212
conversion, 168
corn (dāgān), 41
creation, 173 f.
Cush (or Kush), 219

Damascus, 128 f., 190
Damask (?), 161
Dan, 215

David (as musician), 194; (as ruler of
nations round), 221-223

Day of Jehovah, 19, 30, 31, 44, 47, 53,
108, 109, 184, 185

'direction' (torah, law), 147, 230
dirge (ķīnāh), 175, 184, 213, 233 f.
divan, in eastern houses, 161, 193 f.
dream (prophetic), 65
drink-offerings, 40

droughts in Palestine, 169

earthquakes in Palestine, 127, 171, 172,

212, 218

east wind, 170

eclipse of B.C. 763, 212 f.

Eden, garden of, 49

Eden, 132 f., 228 f.

Edom, 17, 78, 138 f., 140, 144, 222 f.

Egypt, 17, 78; insalubrious, 170 f.
Ekron, 135

elders, 16, 44

elegy, form of the Hebrew, 175
'excellent,' 'excellency,' 196, 238f.

false security of Israelites, 99 f., 108, 109,
156, 184 f., 195, 199, 219, 221

false weights, 211

famines in Palestine, 168

fasting, 16, 43f., 55

'fats' (=vats), 62, 74, 224

fines, 150 f.

'firmament,' 218, 219

forest-fires, 46 f., 203

'form,' to (as a potter), 173, 201

'former' rain, 61, 62
free-will offerings, 167
'front sea,' the, 59

'Galilee,' 70 n.
gall, 198

16

Javan, 12, 17, 71

jealous (said of Jehovah), 58

Jehoshaphat, valley of, 68 f.
Jehovah, 127

Jehovah of hosts, 162, 174, 182, 231 f.
Jehovah's name, 223; to profane it, 150
Jeroboam II., 98 f., 199, 205, 206.
Joel, home of, 9; contents of prophecy,
10 f.; date of, 11 ff., 25; characteristic
teaching of, 16, 18 f., 30 ff.; literary
style of, 19-25; dependent upon earlier
prophets, 18 f., 22 f., 25, 31; interpreta-
tion of prophecy, 25 ff.

justice, corruption of, 100, 148 f., 178,
180-182, 193, 198

Kaiwan (Saturn), 189
Kerethim, 220
Keriyyoth, 144

kinah, see dirge

king's mowings,
Kir, 133 f., 220

202

'know' to (said of Jehovah), 156

Kushites, 219

lion, Heb. names of, 38 f.
locusts, Heb. names of, 36 f., 85 f., 170,
201; habits, appearance, ravages of,
36 f., 38, 39, 48-53, 58-60, 87 ff.; like
horses, 50; species of, 82 f., 86 f.
'Lord Jehovah,' the, 136
lute, 234 2.

lyres, ancient, 234 ff.

meal-offering, 40, 187, 188

meat,' Old Engl. sense of, 45, 187
'meek,' the, 149

Mesha, king of Moab, 125; his inscription
quoted, 143, 144

'mighty' ones (=warriors), 52, 72, 73, 155
mildew, 170

Moab, 142 f., 146

Pleiades, 179
plummet, 204

pomegranate, 42, 225 n.

poor,' the, 149

'prevent,' to, 221

'pride of Jacob,' 196, 212

prophecies, unfulfilled, 32 f., 226

prophesy, to, 65

'prophetic' part, 60, 61, 176, 210

prophets, 152, 154, 206 f.; sons of, 207
prostitution, religious, 149 f.

psaltery, 234 n.