עֲמָלֵק
ʻĂmâlêq · am-aw-lake'
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
- Amalek, a descendant of Esau
- also, his posterity and their country
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Amalek.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲמָלֵק 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- amalek7 · 18%
- the amalekites6 · 15%
- of amalek4 · 10%
- of the amalekites4 · 10%
- with amalek3 · 8%
- and amalek3 · 8%
- and the amalekites3 · 8%
- on amalek1 · 3%
- what amalek1 · 3%
- of them against amalek1 · 3%
- also, and the amalekites1 · 3%
- that which amalek1 · 3%
- upon amalek1 · 3%
- all that the amalekites1 · 3%
- and of amalek1 · 3%
- and from amalek1 · 3%
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.