How to Pronounce Amalek
AM-uh-lehk
Amalek is pronounced AM-uh-lehk (ˈæməlek): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: AM-uh-leck, AM-uh-lek.
What does Amalek mean?
Amalek means “a people that licks up”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Amalek?
Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
AM-uh-leck
AM-uh-lek
Found in Scripture
Genesis 36:12Genesis 36:16Exodus 17:8Exodus 17:9Exodus 17:10Exodus 17:11Exodus 17:13Exodus 17:14Exodus 17:16Numbers 24:20Deuteronomy 25:17Deuteronomy 25:19Judges 3:13Judges 5:141 Samuel 15:21 Samuel 15:31 Samuel 15:51 Samuel 15:201 Samuel 28:182 Samuel 8:121 Chronicles 1:361 Chronicles 18:11Psalms 83:7
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