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Amalek

Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah grandson of Esau, and chieftain (“duke,” Authorized Version) of Edom.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

AM'ALEK (dweller in a valley), the son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, chieftain or "duke" of Edom. Gen 36:16. The Amalekites were not named from him, for they existed long before. Gen 14:7. Arabian tradition makes him the son of Ham.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

a people that licks up

✦ Scripture References 7 references
Genesis 36:12 1 Chronicles 1:36 Genesis 36:16 Genesis 36:16 Genesis 14:7 Genesis 36:16 Genesis 14:7
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