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Lexicon :: Strong's H6002 - ʿămālēq

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עֲמָלֵק
Transliteration
ʿămālēq
Pronunciation
am-aw-lake'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'; probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country:—Amalek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H6002 in the following manner: Amalek (24x), Amalekites (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H6002 in the following manner: Amalek (24x), Amalekites (15x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'; probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country:—Amalek.
STRONGS H6002: Abbreviations
עֲמָלֵק 39 proper name, of a people Amalek (on ָ֯ see LagBN 162 BaNB 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 GASmGeogr. 282 GFMJudges 6:3, 33), foes of Israel during Exodus Exodus 17:8 + 6 times 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 + 9 times 1 Samuel 14; 1 Samuel 28:18, and by David 1 Samuel 30:18 (compare H6003 adjective, of a people), 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 [H6003 Judges 12:15]; yet GFM conjecture עֵמֶק). — On Amalek see NöAmalekites {1864}; Ency. Bi. under the word.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:12; 36:16

Exodus

17; 17:8

Numbers

13:29; 24:20

Deuteronomy

25:17; 25:19

Judges

3:13; 5:14; 6:3; 6:3; 6:33; 6:33; 7:12; 10:12

1 Samuel

14; 14:48; 15:2; 28:18; 30:18

2 Samuel

1:1; 8:12

1 Chronicles

1:36; 4:43; 18:11

Psalms

83:8

H6002

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Strong's Number H6002 matches the Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʿămālēq),
which occurs 39 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations;
But his latter end shall come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:17 - Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 -
Out of Ephraim came down they whose root is in Amalek;
After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples;
Out of Machir came down governors,
And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal’s staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto me, and I saved you out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:36 - The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - These also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 -
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:
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