אֱמֹרִי
Amorite
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Gentilic
- A noun naming a member of a people, tribe, or region of origin (e.g. an Israelite, a Moabite).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H567 appears in the Book of 1 Samuel — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Samuel
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew name אמרי centers on the idea of “Amorite.” First canonically at Genesis 10:16, it enters the text early. It turns up in 86 verses across 17 books, a moderately common footprint. Dig into 86-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H567 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 86
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 86 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #470
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 470 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 86 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 20 verses 23%
- Deuteronomy 15 verses 17%
- Numbers 12 verses 14%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 86 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 41 verses · 48%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 39 verses · 45%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 6 verses · 7%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Amorites 70×, Amorite 11×
- American Standard Version: Amorites 55×, Amorite 21×, All the kings of the amorites 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Amorites 70×, Amorite 9×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Amorite 54×, Amorites 30×, Was an amorite 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H567 across 87 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H567 across 87 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H567 across 86 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H567 across 87 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. called son of Canaan Gn 10:16 (J) 1 Ch 1:14 = e.g. Genesis 10:16
- 2. a chief people dispossessed by Hebrews; (a) living E. of Jordan Nu 21:13,(×2), 25 + 9 times Nu + Jos 24:8 (all E), cf. Jos 2:10; 9:10 (JE) Dt 1:4; 3:2, 9 + 7 times D; also Ju 10:8, 11; 11:19, 21, 22, 23; 1 K 4:19 ψ 135:11; 136:19 (Sihon their king Nu 21:21 +; Sihon & Og Dt 3:8 +); (b) living W. of Jordan Jos 10:5, 6; 24:12, 15, 18 (all E), cf. 7:7 (JE); 5:1; 10:12 (both D; cf. also 13:4, q. del. Di) Ju 1:34, 35, 36; 6:10; 1 K 21:26; 2 K 21:11 cf. 1 S 7:14; 2 S 21:2; (c) living in south Dt 1:7, 19, 20, 27, 44; cf. Gn 14:7 (W. of Dead Sea); (d) in gen. = ancient inhabitants of Canaan Gn 15:16 (J or R) 48:22 (E) Am 2:9, 10; (e) named in list of Canaanitish peoples, to be dispossessed by Isr. Ex 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:2; 34:11; Jos 3:10; 9:1 (all J); Dt 7:1; 20:17 Jos 11:3; 12:8 (all D); Ex 23:23; Nu 13:29; Jos 24:11 (all E); Ju 3:5; 1 K 9:20; 2 Ch 8:7; Ezr 9:1; Ne 9:8; cf. Ez 16:3, 45; (on these lists cf. BuUrgesch 344 ff. & WeJBTh xxi. 602.) e.g. Numbers 21:13
- 3. adj.gent. sg. Gn 14:13; Dt 2:24. e.g. Genesis 14:13
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m.coll. (construed as pl. Dt 3:9 + 5 times) Amorites (perhaps = mountain-dwellers, cf. Nu 13:29; Dt 1:7, 19 f. etc. & Di Gn 10:16 al.)—always c. art., except Nu 21:29; Ez 16:45. Meaning mountain-dwellers very dub.; on א׳ = Egyptian ʾA-ma-ra v. WMMAs. u. Eur. 229 ff., = TelAm. and Assyrian Amurru, v. WklTelAm. 36 JastrEB Canaan, § 10 SayHastDB Amorites al.; cf. also GFM; Ju 4,5 Dr Dt 1:7 Gray Nu 13:29.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אמר (ʼâmar) (H559) — to say.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֲמַר
- 1) as preced. 1). Targ. Gen. I, 3; a. v. fr.—א׳ מר above you quoted an authority, or, it has been stated. Ber. 2ᵃ; a. fr.—א׳ קרא the Scripture says. Ib. 13ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Orl. III, end, 63ᵇ, a. fr. אמרונה בשם … (in Bab. heb. אֲמָרוּהָ) they said it in behalf of … i.e. as a tradition.—Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ מילתיה אמרה his word (statement, opinion &c.) proves.—הדא אמרה = זאת אומרת; v. preced.—אַמְרֵי (h. אָמְרוּ) they say, it is said. Sabb. 19ᵃ אמרו עליו על … ואמרי לה וכ׳ it is told about R. …, and another relation refers this to R.—; a. fr.—קאמר, קאמרי &c. = קא אמר &c. Ḥull. 85ᵃ; a. fr.—מנא תימרא whence dost thou prove? Sabb. 23ᵃ; a. fr.—Inf. מֵימַר, מֵימְרָא. סבר מ׳, סבר למ׳ originally he was of the opinion. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ top; Keth. 87ᵇ; a. v. fr.—לְמֵימְרָא does this mean to say? Sabb. 15ᵇ; a. fr. לא אמרן אלא … אבל … this has been said, i.e. this applies only to a case … but if … Ber. 43ᵇ; a. fr.—כְּלוֹמַר as if saying, meaning to say, viz; v. כִּילּוּ.—Y. Kil. IV, 32ᶜ bot. אימורין לבני וכ׳ say ye to &c.—מאי איכא למימר, v. אִיכָּא; Answ. אֵימוּר say … Sabb. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—Hor. 13ᵃ א׳ כולה who orders every thing (as an etymol. of אֲמַרְכָּל).—2) to praise, proclaim. Targ. Is. VIII, 13; a. fr.—Part. pass. אָמִיר q. v.
- , contr. אִתְּמַר, אִיתְּ׳ it is said, taught. Targ. Job XXXIV, 31.—Y. Yoma V, end, 43ᵃ אתאמרת, contr. אִתַּמְרַת it has been said with refer. to the opinion of …—אִתְּ׳, אִיתְּ׳ it has been said (above);we have been taught. Succ. 15ᵃ; a. fr.
- same. Targ. Gen. XXII, 14; a. e.
אַמְרִי
- Af. of מרי.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 31 distinct written forms H567 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:20 | 12 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:27 | 11 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:4 | 10 |
| הָ֣/אֱמֹרִ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 10:16 | 6 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִֽי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Amos 2:10 | 5 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֗י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 14:13 | 4 |
| וְ/הָֽ/אֱמֹרִי֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 3:8 | 4 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֑י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 24:12 | 3 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֜י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:44 | 3 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִי֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Amos 2:9 | 3 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֛י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 24:18 | 2 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֥י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 21:32 | 2 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִי֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 34:11 | 2 |
| וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִ֜י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 7:1 | 2 |
| וְ/הָ֣/אֱמֹרִ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 3:9 | 2 |
| אֱמֹרִ֖י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 21:29 | 1 |
| אֱמֹרִֽי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ezekiel 16:45 | 1 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֡י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 5:1 | 1 |
| הָ/אֱמֹרִ֧י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Nehemiah 9:8 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִ֑י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 21:13 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִ֨י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 24:11 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִי֮ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:7 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:19 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִ֛י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 2:24 | 1 |
| הָֽ/אֱמֹרִי֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 15:21 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 3:10 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִ֤י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 8:7 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִ֧י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 11:3 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִֽי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ezra 9:1 | 1 |
| וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִי֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 20:17 | 1 |
| לָֽ/אֱמֹרִֽי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 22:2 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H567, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Amorite). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
bitter; a rebel; a babbler
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 83 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 86 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 10:16
- Exodus 3:8
- Numbers 13:29
- Deuteronomy 1:4
- Joshua 2:10
- Judges 1:34
- 1 Samuel 7:14
- 2 Samuel 21:2
- 1 Kings 4:19
- 2 Kings 21:11
- 1 Chronicles 1:14
- 2 Chronicles 8:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
