Amorite

[am-uh-rahyt]

noun

a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
the Semitic language of the Amorites.

Origin of Amorite

1600–10; < Hebrew ĕmōr(ī) Amorites + -ite¹

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The Egyptian language was understood at the court of the Amorite chieftain.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton
The Amorite chieftain then questioned Sinuhe concerning his flight.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton
Dagon, too, is held by some authorities to have been purely an Amorite divinity.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Lewis Spence
Moreover, individual branches of the Amorite stock had names of their own.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations
Archibald Sayce
The Amorite kingdoms of Sihon and Og fell before their assault.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations
Archibald Sayce