אֱמֹרִי
ʼĔmôrîy · em-o-ree'
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
Lexicon
Derivation: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 (אָמַר) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Amorite.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱמֹרִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
87 occurrences · 87 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the amorites43 · 49%
- and the amorites15 · 17%
- the amorites6 · 7%
- the amorite4 · 5%
- and the amorite2 · 2%
- of the amorite2 · 2%
- and also the amorites1 · 1%
- thee in unto the amorites1 · 1%
- thee the amorite1 · 1%
- to the amorites1 · 1%
- and to the amorite1 · 1%
- against you, the amorites1 · 1%
- even the amorites1 · 1%
- but the amorites1 · 1%
- and amorites1 · 1%
- and from the amorites1 · 1%
- above all that the amorites1 · 1%
- also, and the amorite1 · 1%
- was an amorite1 · 1%
- an amorite1 · 1%
- i the amorite1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.