H567 אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) em-o-ree'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Amorite

Biblical Persons & Places

Amorites People from Amor(?)

A person from Amor(?), first mentioned at Gen.10.16; only referred to as Amorites (אֱמֹרִי); descended from Canaan along with Sidon, Heth, Jebusites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

Strong's Definition

an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

Derivation: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 (אָמַר) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;

KJV Usage: Amorite.

TWOT Reference: 119

Outline of Biblical Usage

Amorite = "a sayer"

1) one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֱמֹרִי (e.mo.ri) — Amorite. Someone descended from Amor(?), first mentioned at Gen.10.16; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Amorite = "a sayer" one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֱמֹרִי (H0567)

adj

Names of Groups

Amorite = member of ethnic group; ◄ original inhabitants of Canaan

GEN 10:16 · GEN 14:7 · GEN 14:13 · GEN 15:16 · GEN 15:21 · GEN 48:22 · EXO 3:8 · EXO 3:17 · EXO 13:5 · EXO 23:23 · EXO 33:2 · EXO 34:11 · NUM 13:29 · NUM 21:13 · NUM 21:13 · NUM 21:21 · NUM 21:25 · NUM 21:26 · NUM 21:29 · NUM 21:31 · NUM 21:32 · NUM 21:34 · NUM 22:2 · NUM 32:33 · NUM 32:39 · DEU 1:4 · DEU 1:7 · DEU 1:19 · DEU 1:20 · DEU 1:27 · DEU 1:44 · DEU 2:24 · DEU 3:2 · DEU 3:8 · DEU 3:9 · DEU 4:46 · DEU 4:47 · DEU 7:1 · DEU 20:17 · DEU 31:4 · JOS 2:10 · JOS 3:10 · JOS 5:1 · JOS 7:7 · JOS 9:1 · JOS 9:10 · JOS 10:5 · JOS 10:6 · JOS 10:12 · JOS 11:3 · JOS 12:2 · JOS 12:8 · JOS 13:4 · JOS 13:10 · JOS 13:21 · JOS 24:8 · JOS 24:11 · JOS 24:12 · JOS 24:15 · JOS 24:18 · JDG 1:34 · JDG 1:35 · JDG 1:36 · JDG 3:5 · JDG 6:10 · JDG 10:8 · JDG 10:11 · JDG 11:19 · JDG 11:21 · JDG 11:22 · JDG 11:23 · 1SA 7:14 · 2SA 21:2 · 1KI 4:19 · 1KI 9:20 · 1KI 21:26 · 2KI 21:11 · 1CH 1:14 · 2CH 8:7 · EZR 9:1 · NEH 9:8 · PSA 135:11 · PSA 136:19 · EZK 16:3 · EZK 16:45 · AMO 2:9 · AMO 2:10

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֱמֹרִי n.pr.m.coll. Amorites (perh. = mountain-dwellers) called son of Canaan

a chief people dispossessed by Hebrews

adj.gent.

base

Bible Occurrences (86)

10:16 14:7 14:13 15:16 15:21 48:22

3:8 3:17 13:5 23:23 33:2 34:11

13:29 21:13 21:21 21:25 21:26 21:29 21:31 21:32 21:34 22:2 32:33 32:39

1:4 1:7 1:19 1:20 1:27 1:44 2:24 3:2 3:8 3:9 4:46 4:47 7:1 20:17 31:4

1:34 1:35 1:36 3:5 6:10 10:8 10:11 11:19 11:21 11:22 11:23

7:14

21:2

4:19 9:20 21:26

21:11

1:14

8:7

9:1

9:8

135:11 136:19

16:3 16:45

2:9 2:10

Genesis 10:16

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Genesis 14:7

Then they turned back to invade... En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 14:13

Then an escapee came and reported [this] to Abram the Hebrew. Now [Abram] was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol [and] Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation [your descendants] will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet... complete.

Genesis 15:21

Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.

Genesis 48:22

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.

Exodus 3:8

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious... land, a land flowing with milk and honey—... the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17

And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—... a land flowing with milk and honey.