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.
Traditional renderings: Amorite.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
87 total
- Joshua 12:2הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the AmoritesSihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
- Joshua 12:8הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י · Amorites…the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
- Joshua 13:4הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · of the Amorites…to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;
- Joshua 13:10הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites…and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Joshua 13:21הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the Amorites…all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
- Joshua 24:8הָאֱמֹרִי֙ · of the AmoritesLater, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
- Joshua 24:11הָֽאֱמֹרִ֨י · as did the AmoritesAfter this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
- Joshua 24:12הָאֱמֹרִ֑י · AmoriteI sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
- Joshua 24:15הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the AmoritesBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Joshua 24:18הָאֱמֹרִ֛י · including the AmoritesAnd the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
- Judges 1:34הָאֱמֹרִ֛י · The AmoritesThe Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
- Judges 1:35הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · And the AmoritesAnd the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- Judges 1:36הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the AmoritesAnd the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
- Judges 3:5וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · AmoritesThus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Judges 6:10הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the AmoritesAnd I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
- Judges 10:8הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the Amorites…who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
- Judges 10:11הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · AmoritesThe LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
- Judges 11:19הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · of the AmoritesAnd Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
- Judges 11:21הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the AmoritesThen the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
- Judges 11:22הָאֱמֹרִ֑י…seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
- Judges 11:23הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · the AmoritesNow since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
- 1 Samuel 7:14הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · and the AmoritesThe cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
- 2 Samuel 21:2הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · of the AmoritesAt this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- 1 Kings 4:19הָאֱמֹרִ֗י · of the AmoritesGeber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
- 1 Kings 9:20הָאֱמֹרִ֜י · the AmoritesAs for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
- 1 Kings 21:26הָאֱמֹרִ֔י · the AmoritesHe committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
- 2 Kings 21:11הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · than the Amorites“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
- 1 Chronicles 1:14הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י · the Amorites…the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
- 2 Chronicles 8:7וְהָאֱמֹרִ֤י · AmoritesAs for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—
- Ezra 9:1וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · and AmoritesAfter these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
- Nehemiah 9:8הָאֱמֹרִ֧י · of the AmoritesYou found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
- Psalm 135:11הָאֱמֹרִ֗י · of the AmoritesSihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
- Psalm 136:19הָאֱמֹרִ֑י · of the AmoritesSihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ezekiel 16:3הָאֱמֹרִ֖י · was an Amorite…and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
- Ezekiel 16:45אֱמֹרִֽי׃ · an AmoriteYou are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
- Amos 2:9הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ · the AmoriteYet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
- Amos 2:10הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ · of the AmoriteAnd I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.