Amalek
the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau. Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36.
a nomadic tribe or nation descended from Amalek and hostile to Israel. Numbers 24:20.
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How to use Amalek in a sentence
We should know that the term Amalek is bad not just because of whom it targets, but because of the violence it justifies.
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.
Amalek, the Bible tells us, is an evil nation that is to be wiped out completely.
He then went on to compare us to Amalek, the Biblical nation that God commands the Jews to annihilate.
Like Amalek, the Biblical evil-doer whose name we are enjoined to “blot out.”
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But even then, though the advantage was on the side of Joshua, it was sunset before Amalek was thoroughly defeated.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua | William Garden BlaikieTancred had learnt something of the arts of mountain warfare from Sheikh Amalek.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.Amalek and Fakredeen would not have cared had they lost a hundred men in the affair.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.But this was only the beginning of Amalek's defeat and of Israel's glory.
Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II | Charles Henry MackintoshI remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt.
Biblical Extracts | Robert Cooper
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