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HebrewH6002Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֲמָלֵק

a.ma.leq

36Occurrences
H6002Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country

probably of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Amalek = "dweller in a valley" people in southern Canaan 2) descendants of Amalek Also named: a.ma.le.qi (*עֲמָלֵקִי *"Amalekite" H6003)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֲמָלֵק appears 36 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
12
Exodus
7
Judges
6
1 Chronicles
3
2 Samuel
2
Deuteronomy
2
Genesis
2
Numbers
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:36BSB

The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

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 30:18BSB

So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

Exodus 17:10BSB

Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Judges 10:12BSB

Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.