Exodus 17:8
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עֲמָלֵק
ʻĂmâlêq
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
לָחַם
lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
רְפִידִים
Rᵉphîydîym
Rephidim, a place in the Desert
Key Terms in This Verse
עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
Study H6002 →לָחַם lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Study H3898 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
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