Amalek
son of Eliphaz (GEN 36:12) and chief of Edom (GEN 36:16)
PersonTribe of Edomitemale12 verses
Names
- Amalek — עֲמָלֵק amaleq (H6002) · Αμαληκ Amalēk — Genesis 36:12
Ancestry
- ancestor of Agag (king of the Amalekites) (inferred)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Amalek — 9 shared verses
- Ammon — 2 shared verses
- Edom — 2 shared verses
- City of Palms 1 — 1 shared verse
- Egypt — 1 shared verse
- Great Sea — 1 shared verse
- Jericho 1 — 1 shared verse
- Jordan — 1 shared verse
- Moab 1 — 1 shared verse
- Negeb — 1 shared verse
- Philistia — 1 shared verse
- Zobah — 1 shared verse
Appearances
Topical references
- Son of Eliphaz — Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36
- Probably not the ancestor of the Amalekites mentioned in time of Abraham — Genesis 14:7
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.