אֱמֹרִיʼĔmôrîy

proper name, masculine: Amorites

Pronunciation: em-o-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H567

Meanings

1. called son of Canaan (Genesis 10:16; 1 Chronicles 1:14)

2. a chief people dispossessed by Hebrews (Numbers 21:13; Numbers 21:25; Joshua 24:8)

3. singular (Genesis 14:13; Deuteronomy 2:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 87 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
  • Genesis 14:7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
  • Genesis 14:13 But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.
  • Genesis 15:16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
  • Genesis 15:21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
  • Genesis 48:22 And beyond what I have given your brothers, I am giving you an extra portion of the land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).