Strong's H567 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy)

Pronunciation: em-o-ree'

POS: em-o-ree' Morph: n-m

Exegesis: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;

Definition: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from אָמַר in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes; Amorite.

KJV Usage: Amorite.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Amorite = "a sayer"
• 2. 1) one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

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