Amos is used as a male personal name within ancestral lines in Matthew and Luke.

The attested forms identify a male personal name in genealogical statements: Matthew 1:10 places Amos between Manasseh and Josiah, while Luke 3:25 names him as Mattathias’s father and Nahum’s son.

1. Male personal name in genealogical descent · dominant

   In Matthew 1:10, the accusative singular masculine forms occur in the succession in which Manasseh begot Amos and Amos begot Josiah; the APB renders the names in that sequence. In Luke 3:25, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the chain naming Mattathias as the son of Amos and Amos as the son of Nahum.

   Matthew 1:10Luke 3:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Amos” in both genealogical clauses.