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Amalekite
[ am-uh-lek-ahyt, uh-mal-i-kahyt ]
noun
- a member of the tribe of Amalek.
adjective
- of or relating to the Amalekites.
Amalekite
/ əˈmæləˌkaɪt /
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Amalekite1
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Example Sentences
How, then, could a faithful Israelite ever bow to an Amalekite?
King Saul obeyed the injunction, save that he spared the life of Agag, the Amalekite king, and some of the finest animals.
He had none of that eagerness to occupy the throne on which the Amalekite reckoned as a universal instinct of human nature.
An Israelite might have had a chance of mercy, but an Amalekite had none—the man was condemned to instant death.
More recently, it had been one of the places selected by David to receive a portion of the Amalekite spoil.
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