Word Study · Strong's H6003 · Hebrew
עֲמָלֵקִי
Amaleqi
am-aw-lay-kee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻĂmâlêqîy
“an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek
Rendered in the KJV as
Amalekite(-s).
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- עֲמָלֵקִ֖י2
- הָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י1
- הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י1
- הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙1
- הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃ פ1
- וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י1
- וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י1
- וַעֲמָלֵקִ֣י1
- מֵעֲמָלֵקִ֣י1
- עֲמָלֵקִ֗י1
- עֲמָֽלֵקִ֔י1
How it is rendered · 8
- the Amalekite[s]4
- and the Amalekite[s]2
- [am] an Amalekite1
- [the] Amalekite[s]1
- Amalekite1
- an Amalekite1
- and [the] Amalekite[s]1
- from [the] Amalekite[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- gentilic noun (a people)4
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)4
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- preposition + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNgmsa · 4
- HTd/Ngmsa · 4
- HC/Td/Ngmsa · 2
- HC/Ngmsa · 1
- HR/Ngmsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 14:25וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥יvehaamalkiconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”here: and the Amalekite[s]
- Numbers 14:43הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨יhaamalkithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”here: the Amalekite[s]
- Numbers 14:45הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙haamalkithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.here: the Amalekite[s]
1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 15:6עֲמָלֵקִ֗יʾamalkigentilic noun (a people)And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.here: [the] Amalekite[s]
- 1 Samuel 15:15מֵעֲמָלֵקִ֣יmeamalkipreposition + gentilic noun (a people)Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”here: from [the] Amalekite[s]
- 1 Samuel 27:8וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑יvehaamalkiconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)here: and the Amalekite[s]
- 1 Samuel 30:1וַעֲמָלֵקִ֣יvaamalkiconjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.here: and [the] Amalekite[s]
- 1 Samuel 30:13עֲמָֽלֵקִ֔יʾamalkigentilic noun (a people)Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.here: Amalekite
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 1:8עֲמָלֵקִ֖יʾamalkigentilic noun (a people)‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’here: [am] an Amalekite
- 2 Samuel 1:13עֲמָלֵקִ֖יʾamalkigentilic noun (a people)And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”here: an Amalekite