# עֲמָלֵק (amaleq) Israeli respelling: a-ma-leq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H6002. 37 Old Testament occurrences. Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country King James renderings: Amalek. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/amaleq-h6002 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 36:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/36/12) — And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife. - [Genesis 36:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/36/16) — Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. - [Exodus 17:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/8) — Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. - [Exodus 17:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/9) — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of… - [Exodus 17:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/10) — So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. - [Exodus 17:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/11) — And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. - [Exodus 17:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/13) — And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. - [Exodus 17:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/14) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the re… - [Exodus 17:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/16) — For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. - [Numbers 13:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/13/29) — The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaa… - [Numbers 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/20) — And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he pe… - [Deuteronomy 25:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/17) — Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; - [Deuteronomy 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/19) — Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God gi… - [Judges 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/13) — And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. - [Judges 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/14) — Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out… - [Judges 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/3) — And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up again… - [Judges 6:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/33) — Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of… - [Judges 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/7/12) — And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their c… - [Judges 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/12) — The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. - [1 Samuel 14:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/48) — And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. - [1 Samuel 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/2) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. - [1 Samuel 15:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/3) — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox a… - [1 Samuel 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/5) — And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. - [1 Samuel 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/6) — 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… - [1 Samuel 15:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/7) — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. - [1 Samuel 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/8) — And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. - [1 Samuel 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/18) — And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be cons… - [1 Samuel 15:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/20) — And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag th… - [1 Samuel 15:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/32) — Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitte… - [1 Samuel 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/28/18) — Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto… - [1 Samuel 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/18) — And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. - [2 Samuel 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/1) — Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in… - [2 Samuel 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/12) — Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, ki… - [1 Chronicles 1:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/1/36) — The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. - [1 Chronicles 4:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/4/43) — And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. - [1 Chronicles 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/18/11) — Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab… - [Psalms 83:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/83/7) — Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;