עֲמָלֵקʻĂmâlêq
proper name [of a people]: Amalek, ancient people, south of Canaan (Numbers 24:20; Numbers 13:29; Judges 6:3; Judges 6:33; Exodus 17:8)
Pronunciation: am-aw-lake' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6002
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 39 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 36:12 Timna, the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
- Genesis 36:16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
- Exodus 17:8 While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them.
- Exodus 17:9 Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”
- Exodus 17:10 So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill.
- Exodus 17:11 As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage.
See every passage
- Genesis 36:12, 36:16
- Exodus 17:8, 17:9, 17:10, 17:11, 17:13, 17:14, 17:16
- Numbers 13:29, 24:20
- Deuteronomy 25:17, 25:19
- Judges 3:13, 5:14, 6:3, 6:33, 7:12, 10:12
- 1 Samuel 14:48, 15:2, 15:3, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:18, 15:20, 15:32, 28:18, 30:18
- 2 Samuel 1:1, 8:12
- 1 Chronicles 1:36, 4:43, 18:11
- Psalms 83:7
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).