Amalek in the Bible

Meaning: a people that licks up

Exact Match

And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.

Verse ConceptsConcubines

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.

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.

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.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsAaron, PrivilegesApprentices

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.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesRemindersScrollsWritingBlotted OutJudgements WrittenBooks Of Prophecy

Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Region Of Jordan

And Amalek came down, and the Canaanite, he dwelling in the mountain, and he will smite them, and will beat them, even to Hormah.

Verse ConceptsDefeat Of God's People

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.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople BeginningWise Proverbs

Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

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.

Verse ConceptsBlottingBlotted OutTime Of Peace

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesenemies, of Israel and JudahAmmonitesDefeat Of God's People

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.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,

Verse ConceptsNomadsFarmingEnemy Attacksisraelsowing

And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,

Verse ConceptseastValleys

and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which is on the sea-shore for multitude.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and ye cry unto Me, and I save you out of their hand;

And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.

Verse ConceptsdefeatIndividuals Saving Others

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature Of

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Verse ConceptsBad ChildrenDeath penaltyResponsibility, Examples OfExterminationBoth Men And Animals KilledThe Death Of Babiesgenocide

and Saul saith unto the Kenite, 'Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt;' and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessSeparation From Evil People

And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.

And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExterminationWhilst Alive

And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal." And Samuel came to Saul, and he was offering up a burnt offering to the LORD, the best of the spoils which he had brought from Amalek.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfRising EarlyThose Who Rose Early

And Saul saith, 'From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'

Verse ConceptsAnnihilation

And Jehovah sent you on the way and said, Go and completely destroy the sinners, Amalek, and fight against them until you destroy them.

Verse ConceptsSinnersExtermination

And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExterminationWe Obey

And Samuel said, Bring ye near to me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him gaily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

Verse ConceptsOptimismNot DyingDeath AvertedBitterness

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, Examples OfApostasy Of SaulGod Angry With The Nations

And it will be after the death of Saul, and David turned back from striking Amalek, and David sat down two days in Ziklag.

Verse ConceptsTwo Days

Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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

and they smite the remnant of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there unto this day.

Verse ConceptsExtermination

Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

Verse ConceptsSilverGarrisons

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

but commanded Jerahmeel the son of Amalek, and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to lay hands on Baruch the Scribe, and upon Jeremiah the Prophet: but the LORD kept them out of sight.

Verse ConceptsScribesGod Hiding PeopleNamed Prophets Of The Lord

So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went to the house of Amalek, and there under an almery he gat old rags and worn clothes, and let them down by a cord, into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsPutting Things Down

Thematic Bible



And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.

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


Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.


And Abdon, the son of Hillel, came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.


References

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain