Definition

an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

Etymology

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

Word family

• אָמַר ʼâmar

How the KJV renders it

• Amorite

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.