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Amos

Old Testament prophet, the earliest prophet in the Bible to have a book named after him. A herdsman from the village of Tekoa, near Bethlehem of Judaea, he denounced the iniquities of the N kingdom of Israel.

Amos may be:

People

Amos (prophet), one of the Minor Prophets and the author of the Book of Amos Amos, son of Nephi and Amos, son of Amos, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon Tori Amos, a singer Imre Ámos, a Jewish-Hungarian painter Amos Meller, an Israeli composer and conductor Amos Oz, an Israeli writer Amos Tversky, a pioneer of cognitive science Amos Dolbear, an American inventor Amos Urban Shirk, an American businessman, author and prodigious reader of encyclopedias Amos (band) a band Amos (singer), a German pop singer

Software

Amos software for aircraft maintenance (MRO) AMOS (Analysis of MOment Structures), a structural equation modelling program AMOS Operating System AMOS BASIC programming language for the Commodore Amiga computer Amos, software for Asset Management Solutions including maintenance, procurement and technical management in Maritime, Oil & Gas, Offshore and other Industries

Other

Amos, Quebec, a town Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory Famous Amos, a cookie company and its founder, Wally Amos Amos, the NATO reporting name of the Vympel R-33 air-to-air missile AMOS Advanced Mortar System Amos (satellite), a series of Israeli (IAI-built) civilian communications satellites in geostationary orbit (launched 1996, 2003).
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