Strong's H6003 · Hebrew
עֲמָלֵקִי
ʻĂmâlêqîy · /am-aw-lay-kee'/
Definition
an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek
KJV: Amalekite(-s).
Root / derivation: patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered עֲמָלֵקִי across 11 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
11 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Numbers3 verses
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 14:43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
1 Samuel4 verses
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 15:15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. Gezrites: or, Gerzites
1 Samuel 30:1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H6003 (ʻĂmâlêqîy) mean?
an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek
How many times does H6003 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H6003 (עֲמָלֵקִי) appears in 11 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “Amalekites.”
How is ʻĂmâlêqîy translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H6003 is rendered as “Amalekites” (9×), “Amalekite” (2×).
Where does the Hebrew word עֲמָלֵקִי come from?
patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);