Strongs Number: H567
- Hebrew Word
- אֱמֹרִי
- Transliteration
- ʼĔmôrîy
- Phonetic
- em-o-ree'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
thus a mountaineer; an {Emorite} one of the Canaanitish tribes
- BDB Definition
-
Amorite = "a sayer"
1. one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt
- Origin
- Probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 in the sense of {publicity} that {is} prominence
- Bible Usage
- Amorite.