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Amalek
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah grandson of Esau, and chieftain (“duke,” Authorized Version) of Edom. (Genesis 36:12,16; 1 Chronicles 1:36) (B.C. about 1700.)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
AM'ALEK (dweller in a valley), the son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, chieftain or "duke" of Edom. Gen 36:16. The Amalekites were not named from him, for they existed long before. Gen 14:7. Arabian tradition makes him the son of Ham.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a people that licks up
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
AM'ALEK (dweller in a valley), the son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, chieftain or "duke" of Edom. Gen 36:16. The Amalekites were not named from him, for they existed long before. Gen 14:7. Arabian tradition makes him the son of Ham.