Amorite in the Bible

Meaning: bitter; a rebel; a babbler

Exact Match

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

and they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smite the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Verse ConceptsAlliancesAbraham, Characteristics OfAllegiancesOaksOthers Who FledTelling Of Happenings

and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

And I gave to thee one shoulder over thy brethren, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Verse ConceptsFighting Enemies

therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey, - into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Amorite and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFreedom, Acts Of In OtAffluenceLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkNationalismProperty, LandRescueHoneyMilk And HoneyRich FoodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

therefore do I say - I will bring you up out of the humiliation of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Amorite and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, - into a land flowing with milk and honey.

Verse ConceptsFoodMilk And HoneyRich Foodland

And it shall be when Jehovah hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Verse ConceptsFoodLand, As A Divine GiftLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilk And HoneyRegulations For PassoverRich FoodFamine

for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee in - unto the Amorite and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, - so will I destroy them.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordAngels as God's servantsJerusalem, History OfGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

Verse ConceptsAngels Going At God's BiddingThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Anak, saw we there. Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite, and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain And the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfThe Region Of Jordan

They set out from there and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesArnonCamping During The Exodus

And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages.

for Heshbon is a city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he hath fought against the former king of Moab, and taketh all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon;

Verse ConceptsArnon

Woe to you, O Moab!
You are ruined, O people of Chemosh!
He has given his sons as fugitives,
And his daughters into captivity,
To an Amorite king, Sihon.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse Gods

So Israel lived in Amorite territory.

And Moses will send to search Jazer, and they will take her daughters, and will drive out the Amorite who is there.

Verse ConceptsSpiesSpying

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Fear him not, for into thy hand I have given him, and all his people, and his land, and thou hast done to him as thou hast done to Sihon king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon.'

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear MenThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Balak, son of Zippor, will see all that Israel did to the Amorite.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyKnowing Facts

And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityFractions, One HalfReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

after his smiting Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei,

Verse Conceptsdefeat

Turn ye and remove for yourselves, and go to the mountain of the Amorite, and to all his neighbors in the sterile region, in the mountain, and in the low country, and in the south and in the coast of the sea, the land of the Canaanites and of Lebanon to the great river, the river Phrath

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsSeashoresRiver EuphratesAs Far As The EuphratesThe ShephelahMoving To A New Place

And we shall remove from Horeb and we shall go all that great and fearful desert which ye saw, the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we shall come to Kadesh-Barnea.

Verse ConceptsMonotony

And I said to you, Ye came to the mountain of the Amorite which Jehovah our God gave to us.

And ye will murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us he brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsdoubt, results ofResentment, Against GodAmbivalenceGod Hating PeopleGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Will Cause DefeatComplaining

And the Amorite dwelling in that mountain will come forth to your meeting, and will pursue you as bees will do, and they will beat you in Seir to Hormah.

Verse ConceptsBeesInsects

Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Verse ConceptsRiver ArnonFighting EnemiesThose God Gave Into Their HandsBattle

'And Jehovah saith unto me, Fear him not, for into thy hand I have given him, and all his people, and his land, and thou hast done to him as thou hast done to Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear Men

So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon

Verse ConceptsMountainsBeyond JordanTwo Other Men

beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt,

Verse ConceptsdefeatLeaving EgyptBeyond JordanGay Marriage

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,

Verse ConceptsThe SunBeyond JordanTwo Other Men

When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee to the, land where thou goest there to possess it, and he cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations many and strong above thee;

Verse ConceptsSevenSeven PeopleThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you,

Verse ConceptsExterminationgenocide

The Lord will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsdrynessMoses, Life OfAnnihilationDry LandGod Drying Things UpA Way Through The Red SeaThe Sea DividedTwo Other Menrehabilitation

Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will, without fail, drive out from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingJerusalem, History OfKnowledge, Of GodArmies, Against IsraelGod Is Among You

When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites.

Verse ConceptsIndependencedrynessWestMeltingDry LandBeyond JordanLosing CourageOvercoming Obstacles

And Joshua will say, Ah! Lord Jehovah, wherefore, passing over, didst thou cause this people to pass over Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to destroy us? and would we were contented and dwelt on the other side of Jordan

Verse ConceptsSadnessCrossing Into The Promised LandGod Will Cause DefeatWhy Does God Do This?

Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland [at the western edge of the hills of Judea], and all along the coast of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of this [army and its victories over Jericho and Ai],

Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaBeyond JordanGentile RulersThe Shephelah

and all that He did to the two Amorite kings beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.

Verse ConceptsIndependenceTwo Other MenSingle Mindedness

So the five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsFive People

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Don’t abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.”

Verse ConceptsGroups Helping

Then will Joshua speak to Jehovah in the day Jehovah will give the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he will say before the eyes of Israel, Sun in Gibeon, be thou silent, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Verse ConceptsThe SunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshine

The five Amorite kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah.

Verse ConceptsCavesFive PeoplePeople In CavesPeoples Who Fledhiding

to the Canaanite in the east and in the west, and to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of [Mount] Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

Verse ConceptsEast And West

Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer which is on the border of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, and unto Jabok the brook, the border of the Bene-Ammon;

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsHalf Of DistrictsArnon

in the hill country, in the lowland (foothills), in the Arabah [plain], on the slopes [descending to the Dead Sea], and in the wilderness, and in the Negev (South country)—the [lands of the] Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite:

Verse ConceptsHillsThe Shephelah

in the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite;

Verse Conceptscrusades

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the Bene-Ammon,

and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

And I will bring you to the land of the Amorite dwelling beyond Jordan, and they will fight with you and I will give them into your hand, and ye shall inherit their land; and I will destroy them from before your face.

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite; and so I gave them into your hand.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.

Verse ConceptsInsectsHornetsBeesThe Lord Drove Them OutTwo Other Men

And Jehovah will drive out all the peoples, and the Amorite dwelling in the land, from our face: also we will serve Jehovah, for he is our God.

Verse ConceptsHe Is Our GodThe Lord Drove Them Out

And the Amorite willed to dwell in mount Heres and in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: and the hand of the house of Joseph will be heavy, and they will be for tribute

Verse ConceptsForced Labour

The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.

Verse ConceptsBoundaries

And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

Verse ConceptsAmoritesDealing With The Nations

and I say to you, I am Jehovah your God, ye do not fear the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling: -- and ye have not hearkened to My voice.'

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCommitment, to GodClaimsThe Lord Is God

They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year -- that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.

Verse Conceptseast15 To 20 YearsBeyond Jordanharassment

And Jehovah will say to the sons of Israel, Was it not out of Egypt, and from the Amorite, and from the sons of Ammon and from Philisteim?

Verse ConceptsCompetition

Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, "Please allow us to pass through your land to our land."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutPassing Through

and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land,

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.

Verse ConceptsArnonRiver Arnon

'And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldest possess it!

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Drove Them Out

And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCities In IsraelRestoring ThingsTime Of Peace

And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they are not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah --

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelZeal

Geber Ben-Uri is in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who is in the land.

Verse ConceptsGovernors

The whole of the people that is left of the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of the sons of Israel --

Verse ConceptsNationalism

and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.'

Verse ConceptsThe Lord Drove Them Out

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel --

Verse ConceptsNationalism

And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, 'The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite,

Verse ConceptsSeparationAbominations, Perverse Sexuality

“You found his heart faithful before You,
And made a covenant with him
To give him the land of the Canaanite,
Of the Hittite and the Amorite,
Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite—
To give it to his descendants.
And You have fulfilled Your promise,
For You are righteous.

Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGod, Righteousness OfHeart, And Holy SpiritRenewed HeartGod Gave The LandGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all kingdoms of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age is His kindness.

and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsAmoritesMothers, As A SymbolSpiritual FathersSpiritual MothersPeople Beginning

You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersSpiritual MothersRelated NationsHating IndividualsMothersmomsMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsFathers And Daughters

"Your mother was a Hittite and your father was an Amorite. Your elder sister was Samaria. She and her daughters lived in the north, while your younger sister who lived in the south with her daughters was Sodom.

Verse ConceptsRelated Nations

And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height is as the height of cedars, And strong he is as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

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