This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
Traditional renderings: Amalek.
Traditional renderings: Amalek.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
39 total
- Genesis 36:12עֲמָלֵ֑ק · AmalekAdditionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
- Genesis 36:16עֲמָלֵ֑ק · and AmalekKorah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.
- Exodus 17:8עֲמָלֵ֑ק · After this, the AmalekitesAfter this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
- Exodus 17:9בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק · the AmalekitesSo Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Exodus 17:10בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק · against the AmalekitesJoshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Exodus 17:11עֲמָלֵֽק׃ · AmalekAs long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.
- Exodus 17:13עֲמָלֵ֥ק · AmalekSo Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
- Exodus 17:14עֲמָלֵ֔ק · of AmalekThen the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Exodus 17:16בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק · against Amalek“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
- Numbers 13:29עֲמָלֵ֥ק · The AmalekitesThe 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.”
- Numbers 24:20 (2×)עֲמָלֵ֔ק · Amalek; עֲמָלֵ֔ק · AmalekThen Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
- Deuteronomy 25:17עֲמָלֵ֑ק · the AmalekitesRemember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 25:19עֲמָלֵ֔ק · of AmalekWhen the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
- Judges 3:13וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק · and AmalekitesAfter enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
- Judges 5:14בַּעֲמָלֵ֔ק · in AmalekSome came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- Judges 6:3וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛ק · AmalekitesWhenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
- Judges 6:33וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק · AmalekitesThen all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 7:12וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק · AmalekitesNow the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Judges 10:12וַֽעֲמָלֵק֙ · AmalekitesSidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
- 1 Samuel 14:48עֲמָלֵ֑ק · the AmalekitesHe fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
- 1 Samuel 15:2עֲמָלֵ֖ק · the AmalekitesThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:3עֲמָלֵ֗ק · the AmalekitesNow go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- 1 Samuel 15:5עֲמָלֵ֑ק · of AmalekSaul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- 1 Samuel 15:6עֲמָלֵֽק׃ · the AmalekitesAnd he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:7עֲמָלֵ֑ק · the AmalekitesThen Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:8עֲמָלֵ֖ק · of AmalekHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- 1 Samuel 15:18עֲמָלֵ֔ק · Amalekites…and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
- 1 Samuel 15:20 (2×)עֲמָלֵ֔ק · of Amalek; עֲמָלֵ֖ק · the Amalekites {to destruction}“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
- 1 Samuel 15:32עֲמָלֵ֔ק · of the AmalekitesThen Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
- 1 Samuel 28:18בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק · against AmalekBecause you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
- 1 Samuel 30:18עֲמָלֵ֑ק · the AmalekitesSo David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
- 2 Samuel 1:1הָעֲמָלֵ֑ק · the AmalekitesAfter the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- 2 Samuel 8:12וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק · and Amalekites…from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:36וַעֲמָלֵֽק׃ס · AmalekThe sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.
- 1 Chronicles 4:43לַעֲמָלֵ֑ק · of the Amalekites…and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵֽק׃ · and Amalekites…and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
- Psalm 83:7וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק · and Amalek…of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.