Amorite

[am-uh-rahyt]

noun

1. a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the ancient Israelites.

2. the Semitic language of the Amorites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amorite¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Hebrew ĕmōr(ī) “Amorites” + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

After decades of wall building, Ur’s kings were eclipsed and, for the next three centuries, Amorite kings ruled over much of Mesopotamia.

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The neighbouring Amorite chiefs Aner, Mamre and Eshcol join them, probably with a troop each, and before many hours are lost they are down the passes and in hot pursuit.

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Your mother was an Hittite and your father an Amorite—thine elder sister, Samaria, and thy youngest sister, Sodom.”

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Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem, Thy birth and thy nativity was in the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite and thy mother an Hittite.

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Both now and previously the diplomatic correspondence of the Hatti monarchs shows that they treated on terms of practical equality with both the Babylonian and the Egyptian courts; and that they waged constant wars in Syria, mainly with the Amorite tribes.

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