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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 10:16–Jos 12:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:16 - the Jebusite H2983, the Amorite H567, the Girgashite H1622,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - Then they turned H7725 back H7725 and came H935 to En-mishpat H5880 (that is, Kadesh H6946), and [fn]conquered H5221 all H3605 the country H7704 of the Amalekites H6003, and also H1571 the Amorites H567, who lived H3427 in Hazazon-tamar H2688.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 -

Then [fn]a survivor H6412 came H935 and told H5046 Abram H87 the Hebrew H5680. Now he was residing H7931 by the [fn]oaks H436 of Mamre H4471 the Amorite H567, brother H251 of Eshcol H812 and brother H251 of Aner H6063, and they H1992 were [fn]allies H1167 H1285 with Abram H87.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - “Then in the fourth H7243 generation H1755 they will return H7725 here H2008, for the wrongdoing H5771 of the Amorite H567 is not yet H5704 H2008 complete H8003.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:21 - the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Girgashite H1622, and the Jebusite H2983.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “And I give H5414 you one H259 [fn]portion H7926 more H5921 than H5921 your brothers H251, which H834 I took H3947 from the hand H3027 of the Amorite H567 with my sword H2719 and my bow H7198.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come H3381 down H3381 to rescue H5337 them from the [fn]power H3027 of the Egyptians H4714, and to bring H5927 them up H5927 from that land H776 to a good H2896 and spacious H7342 land H776, to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, to the place H4725 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “So I said H559, I will bring H5927 you up H5927 out of the oppression H6040 of Egypt H4714 to the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be when H3588 the LORD H3068 brings H935 you to the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, which H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 you, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, that you shall [fn]perform H5647 this H2088 rite H5656 in this H2088 month H2320.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - “For My angel H4397 will go H1980 before H6440 you and bring H935 you into the land of the Amorites H567, the Hittites H2850, the Perizzites H6522, the Canaanites H3669, the Hivites H2340, and the Jebusites H2983; and I will completely H3582 destroy H3582 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - “And I will send H7971 an angel H4397 before H6440 you and I will drive H1644 out H1644 the Canaanite H3669, the Amorite H567, the Hittite H2850, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 -

[fn]Be sure to comply H8104 with H8104 what H834 I am commanding H6680 you this day H3117: behold H2009, I am going to drive H1644 out H1644 the Amorite H567 from you, and the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - “Amalek H6002 is living H3427 in the land H776 of the Negev H5045, the Hittites H2850, the Jebusites H2983, and the Amorites H567 are living H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022, and the Canaanites H3669 are living H3427 by the sea H3220 and by the side H3027 of the Jordan H3383.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - From there H8033 they journeyed H5265 and camped H2583 on the other H5676 side H5676 of the Arnon H769, which H834 is in the wilderness H4057 that comes H3318 out H3318 of the border H1366 of the Amorites H567; for the Arnon H769 is the border H1366 of Moab H4124, between H996 Moab H4124 and the Amorites H567.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21 -

Then Israel H3478 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:25 - Israel H3478 took H3947 all H3605 these H428 cities H5892, and Israel H3478 lived H3427 in all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Amorites H567, in Heshbon H2809 and in all H3605 her [fn]villages H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon H2809 was the city H5892 of Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who H1931 had fought H3898 against the former H7223 king H4428 of Moab H4124 and had taken H3947 all H3605 his land H776 out of his hand H3027, as far H5704 as the Arnon H769.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 -

“Woe H188 to you, Moab H4124!

You are destroyed H6, people H5971 of Chemosh H3645!

He has given H5414 his sons H1121 as fugitives H6412,

And his daughters H1323 into captivity H7622,

To an Amorite H567 king H4428, Sihon H5511.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:31 -

So Israel H3478 lived H3427 in the land H776 of the Amorites H567.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - Now Moses H4872 sent H7971 men to spy H7270 out H7270 Jazer H3270, and they captured H3920 its villages H1323 and dispossessed H3423 the Amorites H567 who H834 were there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - But the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Do not fear H3372 him, for I have handed H5414 H3027 him over H5414 to you, and all H3605 his people H5971 and his land H776; and you shall do H6213 to him as you did H6213 to Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who H834 lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:2 -

Now Balak H1111 the son H1121 of Zippor H6834 saw H7200 all H3605 that Israel H3478 had done H6213 to the Amorites H567.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 -

So Moses H4872 gave H5414 to them, to the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, and to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Joseph’s H3130 son H1121 Manasseh H4519, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon H5511, king H4428 of the Amorites H567 and the kingdom H4467 of Og H5747, the king H4428 of Bashan H1316, the land H776 with its cities H5892 with their [fn]territories H1367, the cities H5892 of the surrounding H5439 land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:39 - The sons H1121 of Machir H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh H4519 went H1980 to Gilead H1568 and took H3920 it, and dispossessed H3423 the Amorites H567 who H834 were in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - after H310 he had [fn]defeated H5221 Sihon H5511 the king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who H834 lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809, and Og H5747 the king H4428 of Bashan H1316, who H834 lived H3427 in Ashtaroth H6252 [fn]and in Edrei H154.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - ‘Turn H6437 and set H5265 out H5265 on H5265 your journey H5265, and go H935 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of the Amorites H567, and to all H3605 their neighbors H7934 in the Arabah H6160, in the hill H2022 country H2022, in the lowland H8219, in the [fn]Negev H5045, by the seacoast H3220 H2348, the land H776 of the Canaanites H3669, and Lebanon H3844, as far H5704 as the great H1419 river H5104, the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:19 -

“Then we set H5265 out H5265 from Horeb H2722, and went H1980 through all H3605 that great H1419 and terrible H3372 wilderness H4057 that you saw H7200 on the way H1870 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of the Amorites H567, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 had commanded H6680 us; and we came H935 to Kadesh-barnea H6947.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:20 - “And I said H559 to you, ‘You have come H935 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of the Amorites H567, which H834 the LORD H3068 our God H430 is about to give H5414 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27 - and you grumbled H7279 in your tents H168 and said H559, ‘Because the LORD H3068 hates H8135 us, He has brought H3318 us out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, to hand H3027 H5414 us over H5414 to the Amorites H567 to destroy H8045 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - “And the Amorites H567 who lived H3427 in that hill H2022 country H2022 came H3318 out H3318 against H7122 you and chased H7291 you as bees H1682 do H6213, and they scattered H3807 you from Seir H8165 to Hormah H2767.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - ‘Arise H6965, set H5265 out H5265, and pass H5674 through H5674 the [fn]Valley H5158 of Arnon H769. Look H7200! I have handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you Sihon H5511 the Amorite H567, king H4428 of Heshbon H2809, and his land H776; start H2490 taking H3423 possession H3423 and plunge H1624 into H1624 battle H4421 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - “But the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, ‘Do not fear H3372 him, for I have handed H5414 H3027 him and all H3605 his people H5971 and his land H776 over H5414 to you; and you shall do H6213 to him just H834 as H834 you did H6213 to Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who H834 lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 -

“So at that time H6256 we took H3947 the land H776 from the hand H3027 of the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, from the [fn]Valley H5158 of Arnon H769 to Mount H2022 Hermon H2768

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:9 - (Sidonians H6722 call H7121 Hermon H2768 Sirion H8303, and the Amorites H567 call H7121 it Senir H8149):
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - across H5676 the Jordan H3383, in the valley H1516 opposite H4136 Beth-peor H1047, in the land H776 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809, whom H834 Moses H4872 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221 when they came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they took H3423 possession H3423 of his land H776 and the land H776 of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan H1316, the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567, who were across H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the [fn]east H4217 H8121,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 -

“When H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 brings H935 you into the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are entering H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it, and He drives H5394 away H5394 many H7227 nations H1471 from before H6440 you, the Hittites H2850, the Girgashites H1622, the Amorites H567, the Canaanites H3669, the Perizzites H6522, the Hivites H2340, and the Jebusites H2983, seven H7651 nations H1471 greater H7227 and mightier H6099 than H4480 you,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - “Instead H3588, you shall [fn]utterly H2763 destroy H2763 them, the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669 and the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite H2983, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 - “And the LORD H3068 will do H6213 to them just H834 as H834 He did H6213 to Sihon H5511 and Og H5747, the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567, and to their land H776, when H834 He destroyed H8045 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard H8085 how H834 the LORD H3068 dried H3001 up H3001 the water H4325 of the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220 before H4480 H6440 you when you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714, and what H834 you did H6213 to the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, to Sihon H5511 and Og H5747, whom H834 you [fn]utterly H2763 destroyed H2763.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And Joshua H3091 said H559, “By this H2088 you will know H3045 that the living H2416 God H410 is among H7130 you, and that He will assuredly H3423 drive H3423 out H3423 from you the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Hivite H2340, the Perizzite H6522, the Girgashite H1622, the Amorite H567, and the Jebusite H2983.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 to the west H3220, and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Canaanites H3669 who H834 were by the sea H3220, heard H8085 how H854 H834 the LORD H3068 had dried H3001 up H3001 the waters H4325 of the Jordan H3383 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 until H5704 [fn]they had crossed H5674, that their hearts H3824 melted H4549, and there was no H3808 spirit H7307 in them any H5750 longer H5750 because H4480 H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - And Joshua H3091 said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068! Why H4100 did You ever H5674 bring H5674 this H2088 people H5971 across H5674 the Jordan H3383, only to hand H3027 H5414 us over H5414 to the Amorites H567, to eliminate H6 us? If H3863 only H3863 we had been H2974 willing H2974 [fn]to live H3427 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 when all H3605 the kings H4428 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, in the hill H2022 country H2022, the lowland H8219, and on all H3605 the coast H2348 of the Great H1419 Sea H3220 toward H413 H4136 Lebanon H3844, the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, heard H8085 about it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all H3605 that He did H6213 to the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, to Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 and to Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan H1316 who H834 was in Ashtaroth H6252.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five H2568 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567, the king H4428 of Jerusalem H3389, the king H4428 of Hebron H2275, the king H4428 of Jarmuth H3412, the king H4428 of Lachish H3923, and the king H4428 of Eglon H5700, gathered H622 together and went H5927 up H5927, they with all H3605 their armies H4264, and camped H2583 by Gibeon H1391 and fought H3898 against H5921 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 -

Then the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 word to Joshua H3091 at the camp H4264 at Gilgal H1537, saying H559, “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your servants H5650; come H5927 up H5927 to us quickly H4120 and save H3467 us and help H5826 us, for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that live H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 have assembled H6908 against H413 us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 -

Then H227 Joshua H3091 spoke H1696 to the LORD H3068 on the day H3117 when the LORD H3068 turned H5414 the Amorites H567 over H5414 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and he said H559 in the sight H5869 of Israel H3478,

“Sun H8121, stand H1826 still H1826 at Gibeon H1391,

And moon H3394, at the Valley H6010 of Aijalon H357!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - to the Canaanite H3669 on the east H4217 and on the west H3220, and the Amorite H567, the Hittite H2850, the Perizzite H6522, and the Jebusite H2983 in the hill H2022 country H2022, and the Hivite H2340 [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 Hermon H2768 in the land H776 of Mizpeh H4709.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567, who lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809 and ruled H4910 from Aroer H6177, which H834 is on the edge H8193 of the Valley H5158 of the Arnon H769, both the middle H8432 of the valley H5158 and half H2677 of Gilead H1568, even as far H5704 as the brook H5158 Jabbok H2999, the border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;

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