Person New Testament
Amos
Amos, an ancestor of Jesus, son of Naum. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:25.
Why it matters. Son of Naum in Jesus' genealogy
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Amos
Amos is mentioned in Luk.3.25 as an ancestor of Jesus Christ in his genealogy. He was the son of Naum.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
Connections
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Nahum
- Children
- Mattathias
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Luke (1 verse)