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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 - [fn]to the south, H8486 all H3605 the land H776 of the Canaanite, H3669 and Mearah H4632 that belongs to the Sidonians, H6722 as far H5704 as Aphek, H663 to the border H1366 of the Amorite; 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 who H834 reigned H4427 in Heshbon, H2809 as far H5704 as the border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ammon; H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - even all H3605 the cities H5892 of the plain H4334 and all H3605 the kingdom H4468 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567 who H834 reigned H4427 in Heshbon, H2809 whom H834 Moses H4872 struck H5221 with the chiefs H5387 of Midian, H4080 Evi H189 and Rekem H7552 and Zur H6698 and Hur H2354 and Reba, H7254 the princes H5257 of Sihon, H5511 who lived H3427 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - ‘Then I brought H935 you into the land H776 of the Amorites H567 who lived H3427 beyond H5676 the Jordan, H3383 and they fought H3898 with you; and I gave H5414 them into your hand, H3027 and you took H3423 possession H3423 of their land H776 when I destroyed H8045 them before H6440 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - ‘You crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383 and came H935 to Jericho; H3405 and the citizens H1167 of Jericho H3405 fought H3898 against you, and the Amorite H567 and the Perizzite H6522 and the Canaanite H3669 and the Hittite H2850 and the Girgashite, H1622 the Hivite H2340 and the Jebusite. H2983 Thus I gave H5414 them into your hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - ‘Then I sent H7971 the hornet H6880 before H6440 you and it [fn]drove H1644 out the two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 from before H4480 H6440 you, but not by your sword H2719 or your bow. H7198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - “If H518 it is disagreeable H7489 in your sight H5869 to serve H5647 the LORD, H3068 choose H977 for yourselves today H3117 whom H4310 you will serve: H5647 whether H518 the gods H430 which H834 your fathers H1 served H5647 which H834 were beyond H5676 the River, H5104 or the gods H430 of the Amorites H567 in whose H834 land H776 you are living; H3427 but as for me and my house, H1004 we will serve H5647 the LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - “The LORD H3068 drove H1644 out from before H6440 us all H3605 the peoples, H5971 even the Amorites H567 who lived H3427 in the land. H776 We also H1571 will serve H5647 the LORD, H3068 for He is our God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:34 - Then the Amorites H567 [fn]forced H3905 the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 into the hill H2022 country, H2022 for they did not allow H5414 them to come H3381 down H3381 to the valley; H6010

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - yet the Amorites H567 persisted H2974 in [fn]living H3427 in Mount H2022 Heres, H2776 in Aijalon H357 and in Shaalbim; H8169 but when the [fn]power H3027 of the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 [fn]grew H3513 strong, H3513 they became H1961 forced H4522 labor. H4522

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - The border H1366 of the Amorites H567 ran from the ascent H4610 of Akrabbim, H4610 from Sela H5554 and upward. H4605

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:10 - and I said H559 to you, “I am the LORD H3068 your God; H430 you shall not fear H3372 the gods H430 of the Amorites H567 in whose H834 land H776 you live. H3427 But you have not [fn]obeyed H8085 H6963 Me.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - They [fn]afflicted H7492 and crushed H7533 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]that year; H8141 for eighteen H8083 H6240 years H8141 they afflicted all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 [fn]in Gilead H1568 in the land H776 of the Amorites. H567

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:11 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 “Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, H4714 the Amorites, H567 the sons H1121 of Ammon, H5983 and the Philistines? H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - ‘And Israel H3478 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites, H567 the king H4428 of Heshbon, H2809 and Israel H3478 said H559 to him, “Please H4994 let us pass H5674 through your land H776 to our place.” H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 - ‘The LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 gave H5414 Sihon H5511 and all H3605 his people H5971 into the hand H3027 of Israel, H3478 and they [fn]defeated H5221 them; so Israel H3478 possessed H3423 all H3605 the land H776 of the Amorites, H567 the inhabitants H3427 of that country. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - ‘So they possessed H3423 all H3605 the territory H1366 of the Amorites, H567 from the Arnon H769 as far H5704 as the Jabbok, H2999 and from the wilderness H4057 as far H5704 as the Jordan. H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:23 - ‘Since now H6258 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 drove H3423 out the Amorites H567 from before H6440 His people H5971 Israel, H3478 are you then to possess H3423 it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The cities H5892 which H834 the Philistines H6430 had taken H3947 from Israel H3478 were restored H7725 to Israel, H3478 from Ekron H6138 even to Gath; H1661 and Israel H3478 delivered H5337 their territory H1366 from the hand H3027 of the Philistines. H6430 So there was peace H7965 between H996 Israel H3478 and the Amorites. H567

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king H4428 called H7121 the Gibeonites H1393 and spoke H559 to them (now the Gibeonites H1393 were not of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 but of the remnant H3499 of the Amorites, H567 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]made H7650 a covenant H7650 with them, but Saul H7586 had sought H1245 to [fn]kill H5221 them in his zeal H7065 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and Judah). H3063

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20 - As for all H3605 the people H5971 who were left H3498 of the Amorites, H567 the Hittites, H2850 the Perizzites, H6522 the Hivites H2340 and the Jebusites, H2983 who H834 were not of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - He acted H8581 very H3966 abominably H8581 in following H1980 H310 idols, H1544 according to all H3605 that the Amorites H567 had done, H6213 whom H834 the LORD H3068 cast H3423 out before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:11 - “Because H3282 H834 Manasseh H4519 king H4428 of Judah H3063 has done H6213 these H428 abominations, H8441 having done H7489 wickedly H7489 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the Amorites H567 did H6213 who H834 were before H6440 him, and has also H1571 made Judah H3063 sin H2398 with his idols; H1544

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:14 - and the Jebusites, H2983 the Amorites, H567 the Girgashites, H1622

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - All H3605 of the people H5971 who were left H3498 of the Hittites, H2850 the Amorites, H567 the Perizzites, H6522 the Hivites H2340 and the Jebusites, H2983 who H834 were not of Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 - Now when these H428 things H428 had been completed, H3615 the princes H8269 approached H5066 me, saying, H559 “The people H5971 of Israel H3478 and the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 have not separated H914 themselves from the peoples H5971 of the lands, H776 according to their abominations, H8441 those 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 - “You found H4672 his heart H3824 faithful H539 before H6440 You,
And made H3772 a covenant H1285 with him
To give H5414 him the land H776 of the Canaanite, H3669
Of the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite, H567
Of the Perizzite, H6522 the Jebusite H2983 and the Girgashite H1622—
To give H5414 it to his [fn]descendants. H2233
And You have fulfilled H6965 Your promise, H1697
For You are 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 His lovingkindness H2617 is everlasting, H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:3 - and say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 to Jerusalem, H3389 “Your origin H4351 and your birth H4138 are from the land H776 of the Canaanite, H3669 your father H1 was an Amorite H567 and your mother H517 a Hittite. H2850

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - “You are the daughter H1323 of your mother, H517 who loathed H1602 her husband H376 and children. H1121 You are also the sister H269 of your sisters, H269 who H834 loathed H1602 their husbands H376 and children. H1121 Your mother H517 was a Hittite H2850 and your father H1 an Amorite. H567

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - “Yet it was I who destroyed H8045 the Amorite H567 before H4480 H6440 them,
[fn]Though his height H1363 was like the height H1363 of cedars H730
And he was strong H2634 as the oaks; H437
I even destroyed H8045 his fruit H6529 above H4480 H4605 and his root H8328 below. H4480 H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:10 - “It was I who brought H5927 you up from the land H776 of Egypt, H4714
And I led H1980 you in the wilderness H4057 forty H705 years H8141
[fn]That you might take H3423 possession H3423 of the land H776 of the Amorite. H567

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