H567Hebrewʾĕmōriy
אֱמֹרִי
Amorite.
87
Total Occurrences
17
Books
87
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1one of the peoples of east canaan and beyond the jordan, dispossessed by the israelite incursion from egypt
Etymology & Derivation
probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 (אָמַר) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: ʼĔmôrîy; Pronunciation: em-o-ree'