Amalekite
noun
a member of the tribe of Amalek.
Amalekites
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pluralof Amalekite.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the Israelites face threats from the rival army of Philistines and the menacing scavenger tribe of Amalekites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Then Samuel said, ‘Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.’
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
Exactly when did the Amalekites wage war against the Hebrews in the wilderness?
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
The Hebrew Bible repeatedly has God ordering genocides, as of the Amalekites; and the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains contradictions with no neat unifying message.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
The use which, as we have seen, he made of his troop was to invade the Geshurites, the Gezrites, and the Amalekites.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
