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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 13 times in 12 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he acted valiantly and [fn]defeated the Amalekites H6002, and saved Israel from the hands of [fn]those who plundered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - “This is what the LORD of armies says: ‘I will [fn]punish Amalek H6002 for what he did to Israel, in that he obstructed him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now go and strike Amalek H6002 and completely destroy everything that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to the city of Amalek H6002 and set an ambush in the [fn]wadi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - But Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, get away, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt.” So the Kenites got away from among the Amalekites H6002.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - Then Saul [fn]defeated the Amalekites H6002, from Havilah [fn]going toward Shur, which is [fn]east of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites H6002 alive, and completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - “And the LORD sent you on a [fn]mission, and said, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites H6002, and fight against them until they are eliminated.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 -

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did obey the voice of the LORD, for I went on the [fn]mission on which the LORD sent me; and I have brought Agag the king of Amalek H6002, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites H6002.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 -

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites H6002.” And Agag came to him [fn]cheerfully. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is gone!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - “Just as you did not [fn]obey the LORD and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek H6002, so the LORD has done this thing to you this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - So David recovered all that the Amalekites H6002 had taken, and [fn]rescued his two wives.
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