Amorite in the Bible

Meaning: bitter; a rebel; a babbler

Exact Match

Amalek dwells in the land of the Negev: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along 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, Moab!
You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh!
He gave up his sons as refugees,
and his daughters into captivity
to Sihon the Amorite king.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesFalse Gods

So Israel lived in Amorite territory.

and Moses sendeth to spy out Jaazer, and they capture its villages, and dispossess 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 seeth all that Israel hath done 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.

References

Hastings

Easton

American

Morish

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