אֱמֹרִי

Strong’s Definition

an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

Etymology & Derivation

probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 (אָמַר) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;

KJV Usage

Amorite.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.one of the peoples of east canaan and beyond the jordan, dispossessed by the israelite incursion from egypt

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼĔmôrîy; Pronunciation: em-o-ree'