H567 - אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy)

H567 אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) em-o-ree'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Amorite

Biblical Persons & Places

Amorites People from Amor(?)

A person from Amor(?), first mentioned at Gen.10.16; only referred to as Amorites (אֱמֹרִי); descended from Canaan along with Sidon, Heth, Jebusites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

Strong's Definition

an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

Derivation: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 (אָמַר) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;

KJV Usage: Amorite.

TWOT Reference: 119

Outline of Biblical Usage

Amorite = "a sayer"

1) one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Someone descended from Amor(?), first mentioned at Gen.10.16; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Amorite = "a sayer" one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֱמֹרִי ĕmôrý̂y BDB Definition: Amorite = a sayer 1) one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt Part of Speech: noun masculine collective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence Same Word by TWOT Number: 119 Total KJV Occurrences: 87

Bible Occurrences (86)

10:16 14:7 14:13 15:16 15:21 48:22

3:8 3:17 13:5 23:23 33:2 34:11

13:29 21:13 21:21 21:25 21:26 21:29 21:31 21:32 21:34 22:2 32:33 32:39

1:4 1:7 1:19 1:20 1:27 1:44 2:24 3:2 3:8 3:9 4:46 4:47 7:1 20:17 31:4

1:34 1:35 1:36 3:5 6:10 10:8 10:11 11:19 11:21 11:22 11:23

7:14

21:2

4:19 9:20 21:26

21:11

1:14

8:7

9:1

9:8

135:11 136:19

16:3 16:45

2:9 2:10

Genesis 10:16

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Genesis 14:7

Then they turned back to invade... En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 14:13

Then an escapee came and reported [this] to Abram the Hebrew. Now [Abram] was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol [and] Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation [your descendants] will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet... complete.

Genesis 15:21

Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.

Genesis 48:22

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.

Exodus 3:8

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious... land, a land flowing with milk and honey—... the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17

And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—... a land flowing with milk and honey.