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Lexicon :: Strong's H567 - 'ĕmōrî

Aa
אֱמֹרִי
Transliteration
'ĕmōrî
Pronunciation
em-o-ree'
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Part of Speech
collective masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from אָמַר (H559) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence
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TWOT Reference: 119

Strong’s Definitions

אֱמֹרִי ʼĔmôrîy, em-o-ree'; probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes:—Amorite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H567 in the following manner: Amorite (87x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H567 in the following manner: Amorite (87x).

  1. Amorite = "a sayer"

    1. one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱמֹרִי ʼĔmôrîy, em-o-ree'; probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes:—Amorite.
STRONGS H567: Abbreviations
אֱמֹרִי proper name, masculine collective (construed as plural Deuteronomy 3:9 + 5 times) Amorites (perhaps = mountain-dwellers, compare Numbers 13:29; Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 1:19f. etc. & Di Genesis 10:16 and elsewhere) **meaning mountain-dwellers very dubious; on א׳ = Egyptian 'A-ma-ra see WMMAs. u. Eur. 229 ff., = Tel Amarna and Assyrian Amurru, see WklTelAm. 36* JastrEB CANAAN, § 10 SayHast.DB AMORITES and others; compare also GFMJudg 4:5 DrDt l.7 GrayNum 13:29. — always with article, except Numbers 21:29; Ezekiel 16:45.
1. called son of Canaan Genesis 10:16 (J) 1 Chronicles 1:14 =
2. a chief people dispossessed by Hebrews;
(a) living east of Jordan Numbers 21:13 (twice in verse); Numbers 21:25 + 9 times Numbers + Joshua 24:8 (all E), compare Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:10 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:2, 9 + 7 times D; also Judges 10:8, 11; Judges 11:19, 21, 23 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 4:19; Psalm 135:11; Psalm 136:19 (Sihon their king Numbers 21:1 +; Sihon & Og Deuteronomy 3:8 +);
(b) living west of Jordan Joshua 10:5, 6; Joshua 24:12, 15, 18 (all E), compare Joshua 7:7 (JE); Joshua 5:1; Joshua 10:12 (both D; compare also Joshua 13:4, q. strike out Di) Judges 1:34, 35, 36; Judges 6:10; 1 Kings 21:26; 2 Kings 21:11 compare 1 Samuel 21:2;
(c) living in south Deuteronomy 1:7, 19, 20, 27, 44; compare Genesis 14:7 (west of Dead Sea);
(d) in general = ancient inhabitants of Canaan Genesis 15:16 (J or R) Genesis 48:22 (E) Amos 2:9, 10;
(e) named in list of Canaanitish peoples, to be dispossessed by Israel Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 9:1 (all J); Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8 (all D); Exodus 23:23; Numbers 13:29; Joshua 24:11 (all E); Judges 3:5; 1 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 8:7; Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 9:8; compare Ezekiel 16:3, 45; (on these lists compare BuUrgesch 344 ff. & WeJBTh xxi. 602.)
3. adjective, of a people singular Genesis 14:13 Deuteronomy 2:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:16; 10:16; 14:7; 14:13; 15:16; 48:22

Exodus

3:8; 3:17; 13:5; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11

Numbers

13:29; 13:29; 13:29; 21:1; 21:13; 21:25; 21:29

Deuteronomy

1:4; 1:7; 1:7; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 1:27; 1:44; 2:24; 3:2; 3:8; 3:9; 3:9; 7:1; 20:17

Joshua

2:10; 3:10; 5:1; 7:7; 9:1; 9:10; 10:5; 10:6; 10:12; 11:3; 12:8; 13:4; 24:8; 24:11; 24:12; 24:15; 24:18

Judges

1:34; 1:35; 1:36; 3:5; 4:5; 6:10; 10:8; 10:11; 11:19; 11:21; 11:23

1 Samuel

21:2

1 Kings

4:19; 9:20; 21:26

2 Kings

21:11

1 Chronicles

1:14

2 Chronicles

8:7

Ezra

9:1

Nehemiah

9:8

Psalms

135:11; 136:19

Ezekiel

16:3; 16:45; 16:45

Amos

2:9; 2:10

H567

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Strong's Number H567 matches the Hebrew אֱמֹרִי ('ĕmōrî),
which occurs 87 times in 86 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jos 12:8–Amo 2:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - From the south, H8486 all H3605 the land H776 of the Canaanites, H3669 and Mearah H4632 that H834 is beside the Sidonians, H6722 unto H5704 Aphek, H663 to H5704 the borders H1366 of the Amorites: H567

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - And all H3605 the cities H5892 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 which H834 reigned H4427 in Heshbon, H2809 unto H5704 the border H1366 of the children H1121 of Ammon; H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - And all H3605 the cities H5892 of the plain, H4334 and all H3605 the kingdom H4468 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 which H834 reigned H4427 in Heshbon, H2809 whom H834 Moses H4872 smote H5221 with H853 the princes H5387 of Midian, H4080 Evi, H189 and H853 Rekem, H7552 and H853 Zur, H6698 and H853 Hur, H2354 and H853 Reba, H7254 which were dukes H5257 of Sihon, H5511 dwelling H3427 in the country. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - And I brought H935 you H853 into H413 the land H776 of the Amorites, H567 which dwelt H3427 on the other side H5676 Jordan; H3383 and they fought H3898 with you: H854 and I gave H5414 them H853 into your hand, H3027 that ye might possess H3423 their land; H776 and I destroyed them H8045 from before you. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - And ye went over H5674 Jordan, H3383 and came H935 unto H413 Jericho: H3405 and H3898➔ the men H1167 of Jericho H3405 fought ➔H3898 against you, H859 the Amorites, H567 and the Perizzites, H6522 and the Canaanites, H3669 and the Hittites, H2850 and the Girgashites, H1622 the Hivites, H2340 and the Jebusites; H2983 and I delivered H5414 them H853 into your hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent H7971 the hornet H6880 before you, H6440 which drave H1644➔ them H853 out ➔H1644 from before you, H6440 even the H4428➔ two H8147 kings ➔H4428 of the Amorites; H567 but not H3808 with thy sword, H2719 nor H3808 with thy bow. H7198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - And if H518 it seem H5869➔ evil H7451 unto you ➔H5869 to serve H5647 the LORD, H3068 choose H977 you this day H3117 whom H4310 ye will serve; H5647 whether H518 the gods H430 which H834 your fathers H1 served H5647 that H834 were on the other side H5676 of the flood, H5104 or H518 the gods H430 of the Amorites, H567 in H776➔ whose H834 land ➔H776 ye H859 dwell: H3427 but as for me H595 and my house, H1004 we will serve H5647 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - And H1644➔ the LORD H3068 drave out ➔H1644 from before us H6440 all H3605 the people, H5971 even H853 the Amorites H567 which dwelt H3427 in the land: H776 therefore will H5647➔ we H587 also H1571 serve ➔H5647 the LORD; H3068 for H3588 he H1931 is our God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:34 - And H3905➔ the Amorites H567 forced ➔H3905 the children H1121 of Dan H1835 into the mountain: H2022 for H3588 they would H5414➔ not H3808 suffer them ➔H5414 to come down H3381 to the valley: H6010

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - But H2974➔ the Amorites H567 would ➔H2974 dwell H3427 in mount H2022 Heres H2776 in Aijalon, H357 and in Shaalbim: H8169 yet H3513➔ the hand H3027 of the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 prevailed, ➔H3513 so that they became H1961 tributaries. H4522

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - And the coast H1366 of the Amorites H567 was from the going up H4610 to Akrabbim, H4610 from the rock, H5553 and upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 among H7130 the Canaanites, H3669 Hittites, H2850 and Amorites, H567 and Perizzites, H6522 and Hivites, H2340 and Jebusites: H2983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:10 - And I said H559 unto you, I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God; H430 fear H3372 not H3808 the gods H430 of the Amorites, H567 in H776➔ whose H834 land ➔H776 ye H859 dwell: H3427 but H3808➔ ye have H8085➔ not ➔H3808 obeyed ➔H8085 my voice. H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - And H7492➔ that H1931 year H8141 they vexed ➔H7492 and oppressed H7533 the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 eighteen H8083 H6240 years, H8141 all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 that H834 were on the other side H5676 Jordan H3383 in the land H776 of the Amorites, H567 which H834 is in Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11 - And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 Did not H3808 I deliver you from the Egyptians, H4714 and from H4480 the Amorites, H567 from H4480 the children H1121 of Ammon, H5983 and from H4480 the Philistines? H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - And H7971➔ Israel H3478 sent ➔H7971 messengers H4397 unto H413 Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 the king H4428 of Heshbon; H2809 and H559➔ Israel H3478 said ➔H559 unto him, Let us pass, H5674 we pray thee, H4994 through thy land H776 into H5704 my place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 - And H5414➔ the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 delivered ➔H5414 Sihon H5511 and H853 all H3605 his people H5971 into the hand H3027 of Israel, H3478 and they smote them: H5221 so H3423➔ Israel H3478 possessed ➔H3423 all H3605 the land H776 of the Amorites, H567 the H776➔ inhabitants H3427 of ➔H776➔ that H1931 country. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - And they possessed H3423 all H3605 the coasts H1366 of the Amorites, H567 from Arnon H769 even unto H5704 Jabbok, H2999 and from H4480 the wilderness H4057 even unto H5704 Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:23 - So now H6258 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 hath dispossessed H3423 the Amorites H567 from before H6440 his people H5971 Israel, H3478 and H859➔ shouldest H3423➔ thou ➔H859 possess it? ➔H3423

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - And H7725➔ the cities H5892 which H834 the Philistines H6430 had taken H3947 from H854 Israel H3478 were restored ➔H7725 to Israel, H3478 from Ekron H6138 even unto H5704 Gath; H1661 and H853 the coasts thereof H1366 did H5337➔ Israel H3478 deliver ➔H5337 out of the hands H3027 of the Philistines. H6430 And there was H1961 peace H7965 between H996 Israel H3478 and H996 the Amorites. H567

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And H7121➔ the king H4428 called ➔H7121 the Gibeonites, H1393 and said H559 unto them; H413 (now the Gibeonites H1393 were not H3808 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 but H3588 H518 of the remnant H3499 of the Amorites; H567 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 had sworn H7650 unto them: and H1245➔ Saul H7586 sought ➔H1245 to slay them H5221 in his zeal H7065 to the children H1121 of Israel H3478 and Judah.) H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19 - Geber H1398 the son H1121 of Uri H221 was in the country H776 of Gilead, H1568 in the country H776 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 and of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan; H1316 and H5333➔ he was the ➔H5333➔ only H259 officer ➔H5333 which H834 was in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20 - And all H3605 the people H5971 that were left H3498 of H4480 the Amorites, H567 Hittites, H2850 Perizzites, H6522 Hivites, H2340 and Jebusites, H2983 which H834 were not H3808 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - And he did H8581➔ very H3966 abominably ➔H8581 in following H3212 H310 idols, H1544 according to all H3605 things as H834 did H6213 the Amorites, H567 whom H834 the LORD H3068 cast out H3423 before H6440 the children H1121 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:11 - Because H3282 H834 Manasseh H4519 king H4428 of Judah H3063 hath done H6213 these H428 abominations, H8441 and hath done wickedly H7489 above all H3605 that H834 the Amorites H567 did, H6213 which H834 were before him, H6440 and hath made H2398➔ Judah H3063 also H1571 to sin ➔H2398 with his idols: H1544

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:14 - The Jebusite H2983 also, H853 and H853 the Amorite, H567 and H853 the Girgashite, H1622

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - As for all H3605 the people H5971 that were left H3498 of H4480 the Hittites, H2850 and the Amorites, H567 and the Perizzites, H6522 and the Hivites, H2340 and the Jebusites, H2983 which H834 were not H3808 of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - Now when H3615➔ these things H428 were done, ➔H3615 the princes H8269 came H5066 to me, H413 saying, H559 The people H5971 of Israel, H3478 and the priests, H3548 and the Levites, H3881 have H914➔ not H3808 separated themselves ➔H914 from the people H5971 of the lands, H776 doing according to their abominations, H8441 even of the Canaanites, H3669 the Hittites, H2850 the Perizzites, H6522 the Jebusites, H2983 the Ammonites, H5984 the Moabites, H4125 the Egyptians, H4713 and the Amorites. H567

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - And foundest H4672 his heart H3824 faithful H539 before thee, H6440 and madest H3772 a covenant H1285 with him H5973 to give H5414 the land H776 of the Canaanites, H3669 the Hittites, H2850 the Amorites, H567 and the Perizzites, H6522 and the Jebusites, H2983 and the Girgashites, H1622 to give H5414 it, I say, to his seed, H2233 and hast performed H6965 thy words; H1697 for H3588 thou H859 art righteous: H6662

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:11 - Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 and Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan, H1316 and all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of Canaan: H3667

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:19 - Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites: H567 for H3588 his mercy H2617 endureth for ever: H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - And say, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 unto Jerusalem; H3389 Thy birth H4351 and thy nativity H4138 is of the land H776 of Canaan; H3669 thy father H1 was an Amorite, H567 and thy mother H517 an Hittite. H2850

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - Thou H859 art thy mother's H517 daughter, H1323 that lotheth H1602 her husband H376 and her children; H1121 and H269➔ thou H859 art the sister ➔H269 of thy sisters, H269 which H834 lothed H1602 their husbands H376 and their children: H1121 your mother H517 was an Hittite, H2850 and your father H1 an Amorite. H567

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Yet H595➔ destroyed H8045 I ➔H595 the Amorite H567 before them, H6440 whose H834 height was like H1363 the height H1363 of the cedars, H730 and H2634➔ he H1931 was strong ➔H2634 as the oaks; H437 yet I destroyed H8045 his fruit H6529 from above, H4605 and his roots H8328 from beneath. H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:10 - Also I H595 brought H5927➔ you H853 up ➔H5927 from the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 and led H3212 you H853 forty H705 years H8141 through the wilderness, H4057 to possess H3423 the land H776 of the Amorite. H567

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