Word

עֲמָלֵק

ʻĂmâlêq · H6002 · Hebrew · proper noun · 39 occurrences

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Person

Amalekfirst named in Genesis 36:1221 verses

Place

Amalekfirst named in Exodus 17:819 verses

Meanings

Amalek

A man, son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau, and a chief of the Edomites

Examples
Genesis 36:12 Timna was a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.
Genesis 36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
Amalek

An ethnic group living a nomadic existence, regarded as descendants of Esau and as mortal enemies of Israel, ultimately destroyed by Saul

Examples
Exodus 17:8 Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim.
Exodus 17:9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”
Exodus 17:10 Joshua did just as Moses told him, and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

חַטָּאsinner, sinful 1
אַלּוּףchief 1

What it doesIt is the subject

10 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

What is done to itIt is the object

8 occurrences in 5 groups

נָכָהto strike, to strike down 4
חָלַשׁto be weak 1
חָרַםto devote to destruction, to utterly destroy 1
יָלַדto bear 1
רָאָהto see 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שֶׁרֶשׁroot 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 8
מִןfrom 2
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

8 occurrences in 5 groups

מֶלֶךְking 3
זֵכֶרremembrance 2
בֵּןson 1
עִירcity, town 1
תָּוֶךְmiddle 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Names of People003001007: עֲמָלֵק (Amalek) is a personal name, the grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12).
Names of Groups003001006: The same name designates the Amalekites as a people group descended from him, Israel's persistent enemy (Exodus 17:8-16).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6002. Amaleq עֲמָלֵק39 proper name, of a people Amalek (on ָ֯ see LagBN 162 BaNB 160); —…

H6002. Amaleq
עֲמָלֵק39 proper name, of a people Amalek (on ָ֯ see LagBN 162 BaNB 160); — ancient people Num 24:20 (twice in verse), south of Canaan — in Negeb Num 13:29 (all J E), fierce and war-like Bedawin (compare GASmGeogr. 282 GFMJdg 6:3, Jdg 6:33), foes of Israel during Exodus Exo 17:8 Exo 17:6t. Exodus 17 (E), Deu 25:17, Deu 25:19; later marauders in Israel territory Jdg 3:13; Jdg 6:3, Jdg 6:33; Jdg 7:12; Jdg 10:12, defeated by Saul 1Sa 14:48; 1Sa 15:2 1Sa 15:9t. 1 Samuel 14; 1Sa 28:18, and by David 1Sa 30:18 (compare
adjective, of a people below), 2Sa 8:12 = 1Ch 18:11, compare Psa 83:8; also ׳הָע 2Sa 1:1 (where read עֲמָלֵק or הָעֲמָלֵקִי, see Commentaries); ׳ע 1Ch 4:43; as grandson of Esau Gen 36:12 (P) = 1Ch 1:36; Gen 36:16; apparently connected with Ephraimitic territory Jdg 5:14 (compare Jdg 12:15 below; yet GFM conjecture עֵמֶק). — On Amalek see NöAmalekites {1864}; Ency. Bi. under the word.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Names of Groups37 occurrences Names of People2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0