amalek · Amalek

What it means

amalek (עֲמָלֵק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Amalek”.

A grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×7
• Numbers×3
• Deuteronomy×2
• Judges×6
• 1 Samuel×13
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Chronicles×3
• Psalms×1

• Genesis 36:12

  Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

• Genesis 36:16

  the chieftain Korah, the chieftain Gatam, the chieftain Amalek. These are the chieftains of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

• Exodus 17:8

  Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

• Exodus 17:9

  Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of Elohim in my hand.”

• Exodus 17:10

  Joshua did as Moses told him, to fight against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

• Exodus 17:11

  Whenever Moses raised his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.

• Exodus 17:13

  And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

• Exodus 17:14

  YHWH said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book, and put it in the hearing of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

• Exodus 17:16

  and he said, “Because a hand was raised against the throne of Yah, YHWH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

• Numbers 13:29

  Amalek lives in the land of the Negev; and the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite live in the hill country; and the Canaanite lives by the sea and along the Jordan.”

• Numbers 24:20

  And he saw Amalek and took up his poem and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end shall be to destruction.”

• Deuteronomy 25:17

  Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you came out of Egypt:

• Deuteronomy 25:19

  Therefore it shall be, when YHWH your Elohim has given rest to you from all your enemies around, in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. You shall not forget.

• Judges 3:13

  He gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he went and struck Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.

• Judges 5:14

  From Ephraim came those whose root is in Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. From Machir went down those who command, and from Zebulun those who carry the staff of the scribe.

• Judges 6:3

  And whenever Israel had sown, Midian would come up, and Amalek and the sons of the east; they would come up against him.

• Judges 6:33

  All Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered together, crossed over, and camped in the valley of Jezreel.

• Judges 7:12

  Midian and Amalek and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley like locusts in multitude; and their camels were without number, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea in multitude.

• Judges 10:12

  And the Sidonians, Amalek, and Maon oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you from their hand.

• 1 Samuel 14:48

  He acted with valor and struck Amalek and delivered Israel from the hand of the one who plundered it.

• 1 Samuel 15:2

  Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘I call to account what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

• 1 Samuel 15:3

  Now go and strike Amalek, and devote to destruction all that he has; do not spare him, but put to death from man to woman, from child to nursing infant, from ox to lamb, from camel to donkey.’”

• 1 Samuel 15:5

  Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in ambush in the wadi.

• 1 Samuel 15:6

  Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, turn aside, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I remove you with them; for you showed loyal love to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites turned aside from among Amalek.

• 1 Samuel 15:7

  Saul struck Amalek from Havilah as you come to Shur, which is opposite Egypt.

• 1 Samuel 15:8

  He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he devoted to destruction with the edge of the sword.

• 1 Samuel 15:18

  And YHWH sent you on a journey and said, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinners, Amalek, and fight against him until you have consumed them.’

• 1 Samuel 15:20

  Saul said to Samuel, “Yes, I have listened to the voice of YHWH, and I went on the way on which YHWH sent me; and I have brought Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted to destruction.

• 1 Samuel 15:32

  Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag king of Amalek.” And Agag went to him in good spirits; and Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has turned aside.”

• 1 Samuel 28:18

  Because you did not listen to the voice of YHWH and did not carry out his burning anger against Amalek, therefore YHWH has done this thing to you this day.

• 1 Samuel 30:18

  David rescued all that Amalek had taken, and his two wives David rescued.

• 2 Samuel 1:1

  And it happened after the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking Amalek, that David stayed in Ziklag two days.

• 2 Samuel 8:12

  from Aram, from Moab, from the sons of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

• 1 Chronicles 1:36

  The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

• 1 Chronicles 4:43

  And they struck the remnant of those who had escaped of Amalek, and they have lived there to this day.

• 1 Chronicles 18:11

  These also King David consecrated to YHWH, with the silver and the gold that he had carried off from all the nations: from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

• Psalms 83:7

  Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

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