ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΑΣ, ἀμαληκιτας
AMALĒKITAS, amalēkitas
Sounds Like: ah-mah-lay-KEE-tahs
Translations: Amalekites
From the root: ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Amalekites, a nomadic people frequently mentioned in the Old Testament as enemies of the Israelites. They are depicted as descendants of Esau and were known for their hostility towards Israel, particularly their attack on the Israelites during their exodus from Egypt. The term is used to denote the people themselves.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0257 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 2:53, 2:54, 2:60
- Book 5 — 6:210
- Book 6 — 6:129, 7:132, 7:134, 7:141, 14:336, 14:359, 14:362
- Book 7 — 1:1
- Book 9 — 9:198
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΕΙΤΗΝ — Amalekite, an Amalekite
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΕΙΤΟΥ — of an Amalekite, of the Amalekite
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΑΙ — Amalekites
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΑΙΣ — Amalekites, the Amalekites
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΗΝ — Amalekite, an Amalekite
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΟΥ — of an Amalekite, of Amalekite
- ἈΜΑΛΗΚΙΤΩΝ — of Amalekites, of the Amalekites
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