Strong H60022 sensesעֲמָלֵק

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H6002

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6002 appears in 37 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. A nomadic people, descendants of Esau, enemies of Israel.H6002G35 verses · 8 books
2. Grandson of Esau, ancestor of the AmalekitesH6002H2 verses · Genesis

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• amalek23
• amalekites15

First verses

1. Genesis 36:12
   And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
2. Genesis 36:16
   Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
3. Exodus 17:8
   Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
4. Exodus 17:9
   And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
5. Exodus 17:10
   So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
6. Exodus 17:11
   And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
7. Exodus 17:13
   And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
8. Exodus 17:14
   And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
9. Exodus 17:16
   For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
10. Numbers 13:29
    The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
11. Numbers 24:20
    And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
12. Deuteronomy 25:17
    Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
13. Deuteronomy 25:19
    Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
14. Judges 3:13
    And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
15. Judges 5:14
    Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
16. Judges 6:3
    And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
17. Judges 6:33
    Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
18. Judges 7:12
    And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
19. Judges 10:12
    The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
20. 1 Samuel 14:48
    And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.