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Amorite
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
AM'ORITE (mountaineer), LAND OF THE. The mountainous districts between the Jordan and the Mediterranean were the portion of the Amorites before Canaan came into the possession of the Israelites; the land of the Canaanites being the low plain-country. The Amorites also extended their territory, so that it at one time reached to the foot of Hermon and embraced all Gilead and Bashan. Deut 4:47-49;Deut 3:8, 1 Kgs 16:10. For the physical features of this land see Canaan, Bashan, and Gilead.
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
bitter; a rebel; a babbler
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
AM'ORITE (mountaineer), LAND OF THE. The mountainous districts between the Jordan and the Mediterranean were the portion of the Amorites before Canaan came into the possession of the Israelites; the land of the Canaanites being the low plain-country. The Amorites also extended their territory, so that it at one time reached to the foot of Hermon and embraced all Gilead and Bashan. Deut 4:47-49;Deut 3:8, 1 Kgs 16:10. For the physical features of this land see Canaan, Bashan, and Gilead.