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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - And Thamna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalec to Eliphas. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - chief Core, chief Gothom, chief Amalec. These are the chiefs of Eliphas, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Ada.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for thyself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalec to-morrow; and, behold, I shall stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God will be in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - And Joshua did as Moses said to him, and he went out and set the army in array against Amalec, and Moses and Aaron and Or went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalec prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and [fn]speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from [fn]under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - And Amalec dwells in the land toward the south: and the Chettite and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:17 - Remember what things Amalec did to thee by the way, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about thee, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalec from under heaven, and shalt not forget to do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and smote Israel, and [fn]took possession of the city of Palm-trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that [fn]draw with the scribe's pen of record.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - And all Madiam, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Jezrael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - and from the Sidonians, and Amalec, and Madiam, who afflicted you? and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he wrought valiantly, and smote Amalec, and rescued Israel out of the hand of them that trampled on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and [fn]Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the [fn]valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people and [fn]Hierim with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said, [fn]Is death thus bitter?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec, therefore the Lord has done this thing to thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - And it came to pass after Saul was dead, that David returned from smiting Amalec, and David abode two days in Sekelac.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - out of Idumea, and out of Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec, and from the spoils of Adraazar son of Raab king of Suba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:36 - The sons of Eliphaz: Thæman, and Omar, Sophar, and Goötham, and Kenez, and Thamna, and Amalec.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - And they smote the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - And all the golden and silver and brazen vessels, even these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and the gold which he took from all the nations; from Idumæa, and Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 - (LXX 82:8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.
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