Amalek

[ am-uh-lek ]

noun

, Bible.

1. the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau.
2. a nomadic tribe or nation descended from Amalek and hostile to Israel.

Example Sentences

We should know that the term Amalek is bad not just because of whom it targets, but because of the violence it justifies.

From The Daily Beast

For those who don't know, 'Amalek' is the term used to describe those who need to be wiped from the face of the Earth.

From The Daily Beast

Amalek, the Bible tells us, is an evil nation that is to be wiped out completely.

From The Daily Beast

He then went on to compare us to Amalek, the Biblical nation that God commands the Jews to annihilate.

From The Daily Beast

Like Amalek, the Biblical evil-doer whose name we are enjoined to “blot out.”

From The Daily Beast

But even then, though the advantage was on the side of Joshua, it was sunset before Amalek was thoroughly defeated.

From Project Gutenberg

Tancred had learnt something of the arts of mountain warfare from Sheikh Amalek.

From Project Gutenberg

Amalek and Fakredeen would not have cared had they lost a hundred men in the affair.

From Project Gutenberg

But this was only the beginning of Amalek's defeat and of Israel's glory.

From Project Gutenberg

I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt.

From Project Gutenberg