Father of Isaiah
This article is about the father of Isaiah. For Amos, a minor prophet in the Hebrew Bible, see
Amos (prophet). For the Israeli writer, journalist, screenwriter, and actor, see
Dan Ben-Amotz.
Amoz (Hebrew: אָמוֹץ, Modern: ʼAmōṣ, Tiberian: ʼĀmōṣ), also known as Amotz,[1] was the father of the prophet Isaiah, mentioned in Isaiah 1:1; 2:1 and 13:1, and in II Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1. The word "amoz" means strong