עֲמָלֵקִי
a.ma.le.qi
“Amalekite”
Definition
an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek
patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
עֲמָלֵקִי appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.)
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.
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.”
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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