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Strong's #6002 - עֲמָלֵק

Transliteration

ʻĂmâlêq

Phonetics

am-aw-lake'

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Amalek = "dweller in a valley"
1. son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan
2. descendants of Amalek

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

BSB (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

CSB (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

ESV (36)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

KJV (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

LEB (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

LSB (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

N95 (38)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

NAS (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (39)

Genesis 2

Exodus 7

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 6

1 Samuel 13

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

ASV (39)

all that the amalekites 1

also, and the amalekites 1

amalek 8

and amalek 3

and from amalek 1

and of amalek 1

and the amalekites 3

is in amalek 1

of amalek 4

of the amalekites 4

on amalek 1

that which amalek 1

the amalekites 5

upon amalek 1

what amalek 1

with amalek 3

BSB (39)

after this, the amalekites 1

against amalek 2

against the amalekites 1

amalek 6

amalekites 5

and amalek 2

and amalekites 3

in amalek 1

of amalek 5

of the amalekites 2

the amalekites 10

the amalekites{to destruction 1

CSB (39)

amalek 19

amalekites 6

and amalek 1

the amalekites 13

ESV (36)

amalek 20

amalekites 16

KJV (39)

amalek 24

amalekites 15

LEB (39)

against amalek 2

amalek 14

amalek out 1

amalekites 3

and amalek 5

and amalekites⌋ 1

into amalek 1

of the amalekites 1

the amalekites 9

with amalek 2

LSB (39)

amalek 25

amalekites 14

N95 (38)

amalek 24

amalekites 14

NAS (39)

amalek 25

amalekites 14

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (39)

all that the amalekites 1

amalek 7

and amalek 3

and from amalek 1

and of amalek 1

and the amalekites 3

at amalek 1

is in amalek 1

of amalek 4

of the amalekites 4

on amalek 1

that which amalek 1

the amalekites 5

then amalek 1

what amalek 1

with amalek 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עֲמָלֵק₃₉ proper name, of a people Amalek (on ָ֯ see Lag^{BN 162} Ba^{NB 160}); — ancient people Numbers 24:20 (twice in verse), south of Canaan — in Negeb Numbers 13:29 (all J E), fierce and war-like Bedawin (compare GASm^{Geogr. 282} GFM^{Judges 6:3,33}), foes of Israel during Exodus Exodus 17:8 6t. Exodus 17 (E), Deuteronomy 25:17,19; later marauders in Israel territory Judges 3:13; Judges 6:3,33; Judges 7:12; Judges 10:12, defeated by Saul 1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 15:2 9t. 1 Samuel 14; 1 Samuel 28:18, and by David 1 Samuel 30:18 (compare

adjective, of a people below), 2 Samuel 8:12 = 1 Chronicles 18:11, compare Psalm 83:8; also ׳הָע 2 Samuel 1:1 (where read עֲמָלֵק or הָעֲמָלֵקִי, see Commentaries); ׳ע 1 Chronicles 4:43; as grandson of Esau Genesis 36:12 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:36; Genesis 36:16; apparently connected with Ephraimitic territory Judges 5:14 (compare Judges 12:15 below; yet GFM conjecture עֵמֶק). — On Amalek see Nö^{Amalekites {1864}}; Ency. Bi. under the word.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֲמָלֵק pr.n.

(1) Amalek, the Amalekites, a very ancient people (Genesis 14:7 Numb. 24:20 ), inhabiting the regions south of Palestine, between Edom and Egypt (compare -Ex. 17:816 ; Numb. 13:30 1 Samuel 15:7), also dwelling on the east of the Dead Sea and Mount Seir (Numbers 24:20; Judges 3:13, 6:3, 33 Judges 6:33); they seem also to have settled here and there in the middle of Canaan, whence the Mount of the Amalekites in the tribe of Ephraim, Judges 12:15 compare Judges 5:14.-In the Arabian genealogies عِمْلِيقُ, عَمَالِيقُ is mentioned amongst the aboriginal Arabians. See Relandi Palæstina, p. 78-82; J. D. Michaëlis, Spicileg. Geogr. Hebr. Ext. tom. i. p. 170-177; ejusd. Supplemm. p. 1927; Vater, Comment. über den Pentat. vol. i. p. 140; and my remarks in Ersch and Gruber’s Encycl. iii. 301, under the word Amalek.-Gent. noun עֲמָלֵקִי, with the art. collect. Genesis 14:7; Judges 12:15.

(2) a grandson of Esau, and the founder of an Arabian tribe, Genesis 36:16 compare verse 12 Genesis 36:12 and Vater, loc. cit.

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List of Word Forms

בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּעֲמָלֵ֔ק בעמלק הָעֲמָלֵ֑ק העמלק וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛ק וַֽעֲמָלֵק֙ וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק וַעֲמָלֵֽק׃ וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵֽק׃ ומעמלק ומעמלק׃ ועמלק ועמלק׃ לַעֲמָלֵ֑ק לעמלק עֲמָלֵ֑ק עֲמָלֵ֔ק עֲמָלֵ֖ק עֲמָלֵ֗ק עֲמָלֵ֥ק עֲמָלֵֽק׃ עמלק עמלק׃ ‘ă·mā·lêq ‘ămālêq amaLek ba‘ămālêq ba·‘ă·mā·lêq baamaLek hā‘ămālêq hā·‘ă·mā·lêq haamaLek la‘ămālêq la·‘ă·mā·lêq laamaLek ū·mê·‘ă·mā·lêq ūmê‘ămālêq umeamaLek vaamaLek wa‘ămālêq wa·‘ă·mā·lêq