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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, H6002 and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek H6002 did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, H6002 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 Box1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to a city of Amalek, H6002 and laid wait in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, H6002 lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed 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 Box1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - And Saul smote the Amalekites H6002 from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites H6002 alive, and utterly 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 thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, H6002 and fight against them until they be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, H6002 and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. H6002

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. H6002 And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, H6002 therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - And David recovered all that the Amalekites H6002 had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
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