עֲמָלֵקִי
a.ma.le.qiAmalekite
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group12 occurrences5 books12 verses
This word comes from the name of Amalek.
Definition
patronymically from H6002; an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek
Traditional renderings: Amalekite(-s).
Traditional renderings: Amalekite(-s).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
12 total
- Genesis 14:7הָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י · of the AmalekitesThen 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.
- Numbers 14:25וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י · Now since the AmalekitesNow since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- Numbers 14:43הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י · the AmalekitesFor there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
- Numbers 14:45הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙ · Then the AmalekitesThen the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
- Judges 12:15הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃פ · of the AmalekitesThen Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:6עֲמָלֵקִ֗י · 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 15:15מֵעֲמָלֵקִ֣י · from the AmalekitesSaul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
- 1 Samuel 27:8וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י · and the AmalekitesNow David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
- 1 Samuel 30:1וַעֲמָלֵקִ֣י · and the AmalekitesOn the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- 1 Samuel 30:13עֲמָֽלֵקִ֔י · of an AmalekiteThen David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
- 2 Samuel 1:8עֲמָלֵקִ֖י · an Amalekite‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
- 2 Samuel 1:13עֲמָלֵקִ֖י · an AmalekiteAnd David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”