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Amoz/ˈeɪmɒz/ (Hebrew:אָמוֹץ,Modern: ʼAmōṣ,Tiberian: ʼĀmōṣ), also known asAmotz,[1] was the father of theprophetIsaiah, mentioned inIsaiah 1:1; 2:1 and 13:1, and inII Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1. The word "amoz" meansstrong.
There is aTalmudic tradition that when the name of a prophet's father is given, the father was also a prophet, so that Amoz would have been a prophet like his son. Though it is mentioned frequently as thepatronymic title of Isaiah, the name Amoz appears nowhere else in theBible. The rabbis of the Talmud declared, based upon a rabbinic tradition, that Amoz was the brother ofAmaziah (אמציה), the king ofJudah at that time (and, as a result, that Isaiah himself was a member of the royal family). According to some traditions, Amoz is the "man of God" in2 Chronicles 25:7–9 (Seder Olam Rabbah 20), who cautioned Amaziah to release theIsraelitemercenaries that he had hired.
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