"Amos" means "to lift a burden" or "to carry a burden." The prophet Amos lived up to his name by caring about the burdens of the people and speaking about their evil ways.
The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash[a] was king of Israel. (Amos 1:1)