Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of an ancient nomadic people of Canaan said in the Bible to be descendants of Esau's grandson Amalek.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Giddy with victory, he had led the triumphant army and its spoils up to Gilgal, driving the flocks of captured sheep to sacrifice to the Lord, dragging Agag, the captured Amalekite king, in chains.
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The Amalekite army had been routed and Saul had led the final charge, hundreds of soldiers at his back, a mighty wave of power and glory.
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He said, I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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He said, I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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He said, I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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He said, I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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After Esther becomes queen, her cousin Mordecai becomes involved in a power struggle with the grand vizier Haman the Agagite, a descendant of an Amalekite king who was an enemy of Israel during the time of King Saul (1 Sam 15: 32).
Esther: Bible. 2009
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The decisive clash between Israel and Amalek came only with the advent of the monarchy, in the famous Amalekite war of King Saul.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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So even when Jews were allowed by their Persian ruler to battle their enemies in the Book of Esther (whose villain, according to rabbinic tradition, was an Amalekite), they used the license only to wage a defensive war against those who attacked them -- not to slaughter indiscriminately.
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Thus, for example, the Bejaminite Saul would wage war against and triumph against Amalek, the descendant of Esau; and Mordecai, from the tribe of Benjamin, would use his wisdom to best the Amalekite Haman.
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