עֲמָלֵקִיʻĂmâlêqîy
collective = (the) Amalekites (1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:13; 2 Samuel 1:8; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 15:15)
Pronunciation: am-aw-lay-kee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6003
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- 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.
- Numbers 14:25 Now turn around, and don’t go on toward the land where the Amalekites and Canaanites live. Tomorrow you must set out for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.”
- Numbers 14:43 When you face the Amalekites and Canaanites in battle, you will be slaughtered. The Lord will abandon you because you have abandoned the Lord.”
- Numbers 14:45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them back as far as Hormah.
- Judges 12:15 When he died, he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:6 Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.
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).