Amalek

Amalek in Wikipedia

The Amalekites are a people mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible. They are considered to be descended from an ancestor Amalek. According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek (Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק, Modern Amalek Tiberian ʻĂmālēq), Arabic, عماليق, was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chi...

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Amalek in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

am'-a-lek (`amaleq): The son, by his concubine Timna, of Eliphaz, the eldest son of Esau. He was one of the chiefs (the King James Version dukes) of Edom (Gen 36:12,16)....

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Amalek Scripture - Exodus 17:11

And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed....

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Amalek in Naves Topical Bible

Son of Eliphaz Ge 36:12; 1Ch 1:36 -Probably not the ancestor of the Amalekites mentioned in time of Abraham Ge 14:7...

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Amalek in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah grandson of Esau, and chieftain ("duke," Authorized Version) of Edom. Ge 36:12,16; 1Ch 1:36 (B.C. about 1700.)...

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Amalek in Easton's Bible Dictionary

dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized....

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Amalek in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Eliphaz, by his concubine Timnah, of the Horites; grandson of Esau; duke of Edom (Genesis 36:12; Genesis 36:16). The Edomites seized the Horite territory. In Hezekiah's reign, the last remnant of Amalek in Edom was dispersed by the Simeonites (1 Chronicles 4:42-43)....

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Amalek in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a people that licks up...

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Amalek Scripture - Deuteronomy 25:19

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]....

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Amalek Scripture - Exodus 17:16

For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation....

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