Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
AM'ORITE (mountaineer), LAND OF THE. The mountainous districts between the Jordan and the Mediterranean were the portion of the Amorites before Canaan came into the possession of the Israelites; the land of the Canaanites being the low plain-country. The Amorites also extended their territory, so that it at one time reached to the foot of Hermon and embraced all Gilead and Bashan. Deut 4:47-49;Deut 3:8, 1 Kgs 16:10. For the physical features of
this land see Canaan, Bashan, and Gilead.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
bitter; a rebel; a babbler