אֱמֹרִי

e.mo.riAmorite
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group87 occurrences17 books86 verses
This word comes from the name of Amorites.

Definition

probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
Traditional renderings: Amorite.

Glossary entries

Amorites

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

87 total
  1. Genesis 10:16הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · the Amorites
    …the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
  2. Genesis 14:7הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · well as the Amorites
    Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  3. Genesis 14:13הָאֱמֹרִ֗י · the Amorite
    Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
  4. Genesis 15:16הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
  5. Genesis 15:21הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · Amorites
    Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
  6. Genesis 48:22הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · the Amorites
    And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
  7. Exodus 3:8וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · Amorites
    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  8. Exodus 3:17וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · Amorites
    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
  9. Exodus 13:5וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜י · Amorites
    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
  10. Exodus 23:23הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · the land of the Amorites
    For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
  11. Exodus 33:2הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · Amorites
    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  12. Exodus 34:11הָאֱמֹרִי֙ · the Amorites
    Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  13. Numbers 13:29וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · and Amorites
    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
  14. Numbers 21:13 (2×)הָֽאֱמֹרִ֑י · into the Amorite; הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · the Amorites
    From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
  15. Numbers 21:21הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
  16. Numbers 21:25הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
  17. Numbers 21:26הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
  18. Numbers 21:29אֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
  19. Numbers 21:31הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · of the Amorites
    So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
  20. Numbers 21:32הָאֱמֹרִ֥י · the Amorites
    After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  21. Numbers 21:34הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  22. Numbers 22:2לָֽאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · to the Amorites
    Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
  23. Numbers 32:33הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
  24. Numbers 32:39הָאֱמֹרִ֥י · the Amorites
    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  25. Deuteronomy 1:4הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
  26. Deuteronomy 1:7הָֽאֱמֹרִי֮ · of the Amorites
    Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
  27. Deuteronomy 1:19הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
  28. Deuteronomy 1:20הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
  29. Deuteronomy 1:27הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.
  30. Deuteronomy 1:44הָאֱמֹרִ֜י · Then the Amorites
    Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
  31. Deuteronomy 2:24הָֽאֱמֹרִ֛י · the Amorite
    “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
  32. Deuteronomy 3:2הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  33. Deuteronomy 3:8הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
  34. Deuteronomy 3:9וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · but the Amorites
    …which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
  35. Deuteronomy 4:46הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    …while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
  36. Deuteronomy 4:47הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · Amorite
    They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
  37. Deuteronomy 7:1וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜י · Amorites
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
  38. Deuteronomy 20:17וְהָאֱמֹרִי֙ · Amorites
    For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
  39. Deuteronomy 31:4הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.
  40. Joshua 2:10הָאֱמֹרִ֜י · of the Amorites
    For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
  41. Joshua 3:10וְהָאֱמֹרִ֖י · Amorites
    He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
  42. Joshua 5:1הָאֱמֹרִ֡י · the Amorite
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  43. Joshua 7:7הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
  44. Joshua 9:1וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · Amorites
    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
  45. Joshua 9:10הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites
    …and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.
  46. Joshua 10:5הָאֱמֹרִ֗י · of the Amorites
    So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
  47. Joshua 10:6הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites
    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
  48. Joshua 10:12הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · gave the Amorites
    On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
  49. Joshua 11:3וְהָאֱמֹרִ֧י · to the Amorites
    …to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.