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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 Box Gen 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - Korah,[fn] Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - He said, “Because hands were lifted up against[fn] the throne of the LORD,[fn] the LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:17 - Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - When the LORD your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[fn] staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Now all the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites[fn] oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy[fn] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Then he said to the Kenites, “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him in chains.[fn] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against the Amalekites, the LORD has done this to you today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - Edom[fn] and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek. He also dedicated the plunder taken from 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, Omar, Zepho,[fn] Gatam and Kenaz; by Timna: Amalek.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 - Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
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