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<p> &nbsp;Amalek (&nbsp;ăm'a-l&nbsp;ĕk), &nbsp;people of prey, booty. The son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau. &nbsp;Genesis 36:16; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:36. He was probably the father of the Amalekites, an ancient and powerful people, &nbsp;Genesis 14:7; &nbsp;Numbers 24:20, who inhabited the regions on the south of Palestine, between [[Idumea]] and Egypt, and also to the eastward of the [[Dead]] Sea and Mount Seir. &nbsp;Judges 5:14; &nbsp;Judges 12:15; &nbsp;1 Samuel 15:5. The Hebrews had scarcely passed the Red Sea, when the [[Amalekites]] attacked them; they were defeated by Joshua. &nbsp;Exodus 17:8. [[Saul]] destroyed them as a nation, &nbsp;1 Samuel 15:2-33, and David utterly routed them. &nbsp;1 Samuel 30:17. A small remnant seems to have escaped, till at last the word of the Lord was fulfilled, and their name was blotted from the earth, in their utter destruction. &nbsp;Numbers 24:20; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:43. The "Agagite," in &nbsp;Esther 3:1; &nbsp;Esther 3:10; &nbsp;Esther 8:3; &nbsp;Esther 8:5, was probably an Amalekite, whose ancestor had escaped from the general carnage. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Am'alek. &nbsp;(dweller in a valley). A son of Eliphaz, by his concubine, Timnah, grandson of Esau, and chieftain ("duke," Authorized Version) of Edom. &nbsp;Genesis 36:12; &nbsp;Genesis 36:16; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:36. (B.C. about 1700). </p>

<p> (Hebrew Amalek', &nbsp;עֲמָלֵק, according to Furst, from the Arabic, &nbsp;dweller in a valley; Sept. &nbsp;Ἀμαλήκ, Vulg. &nbsp;Amalech, Amalec), the son of [[Eliphaz]] (the first-born of Esau) by his concubine [[Timna]] (&nbsp;Genesis 36:12; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:36); he was the chieftain, or emir ("Duke"), of an [[Idumaean]] tribe (&nbsp;Genesis 36:16); which, however, was probably not the same with the AMALEKITES (See [[Amalekites]]) (q.v.) so often mentioned in [[Scripture]] (&nbsp;Numbers 24:20, etc.). B.C. post 1905. His mother came of the Horite race, whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized; and, although Amalek himself is represented as of equal rank with the other sons of Eliphaz, yet his posterity appear to have shared the fate of the Horite population, a "remnant" only being mentioned as existing in Edom in the time of Hezekiah, when they were dispersed by a band of the tribe of [[Simeon]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:43). </p>

<p> '''''am´a''''' -'''''lek''''' (&nbsp; עמלק , <i> '''''‛ămālēḳ''''' </i> ): The son, by his concubine Timna, of Eliphaz, the eldest son of Esau. He was one of the chiefs (the King James Version dukes) of Edom (&nbsp;Genesis 36:12 , &nbsp;Genesis 36:16 ). See [[Amalekite]] . </p>