H6003 - עֲמָלֵקִי (ʻĂmâlêqîy)

H6003 עֲמָלֵקִי (ʻĂmâlêqîy) am-aw-lay-kee'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Amalekite

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);

KJV Usage: Amalekite(-s).

Outline of Biblical Usage

Amalekite = see Amalek "people of lapping"

1) descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲמָלֵקִי ‛ămâlêqý̂y BDB Definition: Amalekite = see Amalek people of lapping 1) descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau Part of Speech: adjective proper patrial A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6002 Total KJV Occurrences: 27

Bible Occurrences (12)

14:7

14:25 14:43 14:45

12:15

15:6 15:15 27:8 30:1 30:13

1:8 1:13

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.

Numbers 14:25

Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.

Numbers 14:43

For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because...... you have turned away from the LORD, [He] will not be with you.

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

Judges 12:15

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

1 Samuel 15:6

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 15:15

Saul answered, The troops... brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

1 Samuel 27:8

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.