Amalekite

[am-uh-lek-ahyt, uh-mal-i-kahyt]

noun, plural Am·a·lek·ites, (especially collectively) Am·a·lek·ite.

a member of the tribe of Amalek. Gen. 36:12.

adjective

of or relating to the Amalekites.

Origin of Amalekite

< Hebrew ʿămālēq Amalek + -ite¹

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Historical Examples of amalekite

The Amalekite, from whom he had twice bought some goat's-milk for her, lived in a but which Paulus could easily reach.
Homo Sum, Complete
Georg Ebers
An Egyptian, therefore, and an Amalekite stood in a very different relationship to Israel.
Life and Times of David
Charles Henry Mackintosh
Saul had spared only one Amalekite, and had smitten the rest.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
More recently, it had been one of the places selected by David to receive a portion of the Amalekite spoil.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel
W. G. Blaikie
He neglected the praying agitators, and therefore they called him Agag, the Amalekite, commanding the host of Israel.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3
Jane West

British Dictionary definitions for amalekite

Amalekite

noun

Old Testament a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)

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