HebrewH6003Noun

עֲמָלֵקִי

a.ma.le.qi

12Occurrences
H6003Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek

patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Someone descended from Amekek Group of a.ma.leq (*עֲמָלֵק *"Amalek" H6002) § Amalekite, of Amalek "people of lapping" descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--PG

Full Description

N:N--PG

Occurrences

עֲמָלֵקִי appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
5
Numbers
3
2 Samuel
2
Genesis
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 15:6BSB

And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.”So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 27:8BSB

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

1 Samuel 30:13BSB

Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?”“I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

2 Samuel 1:13BSB

And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?”“I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

Judges 12:15BSB

Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

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