1103 - balas

Strong's Concordance

Original word: בָּלַס
Transliteration: balas
Definition (short): figs
Definition (full): to pinch sycamore figs

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: denominative verb from an unused word
Definition: to gather figs
NASB Translation: grower of figs (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them) -- gatherer.

References

Strong's 1103: 2 Occurrences
KJV: Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
NASB: Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.