Definition

an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek

Etymology

patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);

Word family

• עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq

How the KJV renders it

• Amalekite(-s)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.