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עֲמָלֵקִי H6003
H6003 is the Hebrew word עֲמָלֵקִי, transliterated ʻĂmâlêqîy and said am-aw-lay-kee'. The King James Version most often renders it amalekites.
What it means
an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek.
Where it comes from
patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Amalekite(-s).
Verses using עֲמָלֵקִי
All 11 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 14:7 · KJV
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
Numbers 14:25 · KJV
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 14:43 · KJV
For 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 14:45 · KJV
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
1 Samuel 15:6 · KJV
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 15:15 · KJV
And 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 27:8 · KJV
And 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.
1 Samuel 30:1 · KJV
And 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;
1 Samuel 30:13 · KJV
And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
2 Samuel 1:8 · KJV
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
2 Samuel 1:13 · KJV
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6003 mean?
H6003 is the Hebrew word עֲמָלֵקִי (ʻĂmâlêqîy), meaning an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek.
How is H6003 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it amalekites (7 times), amalekite (3 times), now the amalekites (1 time).
How many times does H6003 appear in the Bible?
עֲמָלֵקִי (ʻĂmâlêqîy) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6003 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק).
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