Lexicon :: Strong's H567 - 'ĕmōrî

אֱמֹרִי

Transliteration

'ĕmōrî

Pronunciation

em-o-ree'

Part of Speech

collective masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from אָמַר (H559) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 119

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אֱמֹרִי ʼĔmôrîy, em-o-ree'; probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes:—Amorite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H567 in the following manner: Amorite (87x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H567 in the following manner: Amorite (87x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H567: Abbreviations

אֱמֹרִי proper name, masculine collective (construed as plural Deuteronomy 3:9 + 5 times) Amorites (perhaps = mountain-dwellers, compare Numbers 13:29; Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 1:19f. etc. & Di Genesis 10:16 and elsewhere) **meaning mountain-dwellers very dubious; on א׳ = Egyptian 'A-ma-ra see WMM^{As. u. Eur. 229 ff.}, = Tel Amarna and Assyrian Amurru, see Wkl^{TelAm. 36*} Jastr^{EB CANAAN, § 10} Say^{Hast.DB AMORITES} and others; compare also GFM^{Judg 4:5} Dr^{Dt l.7} Gray^{Num 13:29}. — always with article, except Numbers 21:29; Ezekiel 16:45.

1. called son of Canaan Genesis 10:16 (J) 1 Chronicles 1:14 =

2. a chief people dispossessed by Hebrews;

(a) living east of Jordan Numbers 21:13 (twice in verse); Numbers 21:25 + 9 times Numbers + Joshua 24:8 (all E), compare Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:10 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:2, 9 + 7 times D; also Judges 10:8, 11; Judges 11:19, 21, 23 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 4:19; Psalm 135:11; Psalm 136:19 (Sihon their king Numbers 21:1 +; Sihon & Og Deuteronomy 3:8 +);

(b) living west of Jordan Joshua 10:5, 6; Joshua 24:12, 15, 18 (all E), compare Joshua 7:7 (JE); Joshua 5:1; Joshua 10:12 (both D; compare also Joshua 13:4, q. strike out Di) Judges 1:34, 35, 36; Judges 6:10; 1 Kings 21:26; 2 Kings 21:11 compare 1 Samuel 21:2;

(c) living in south Deuteronomy 1:7, 19, 20, 27, 44; compare Genesis 14:7 (west of Dead Sea);

(d) in general = ancient inhabitants of Canaan Genesis 15:16 (J or R) Genesis 48:22 (E) Amos 2:9, 10;

(e) named in list of Canaanitish peoples, to be dispossessed by Israel Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 9:1 (all J); Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8 (all D); Exodus 23:23; Numbers 13:29; Joshua 24:11 (all E); Judges 3:5; 1 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 8:7; Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 9:8; compare Ezekiel 16:3, 45; (on these lists compare Bu^{Urgesch 344 ff.} & We^{JBTh xxi. 602}.)

3. adjective, of a people singular Genesis 14:13 Deuteronomy 2:24.

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