Amorite
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
the Semitic language of the Amorites.
Historical Examples
The Amorite chieftain then questioned Sinuhe concerning his flight.
Archology and the Bible George A. Barton
The Egyptian language was understood at the court of the Amorite chieftain.
Archology and the Bible George A. Barton
In the Amorite period a wall 13 feet thick was erected at Gezer, in which towers were constructed about every 90 feet.
Archology and the Bible George A. Barton
Dagon, too, is held by some authorities to have been purely an Amorite divinity.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria Lewis Spence
But Amorite kingdoms were established elsewhere on both sides of the Jordan.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Archibald Sayce
The Amorite song of triumph has been preserved in the Book of Numbers.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Archibald Sayce
The Amorite wall of Gezer was made of more regular stones than the wall of the Egyptian period.
Archology and the Bible George A. Barton
Amorite tribes and kingdoms were to be found in all parts of Palestine.
Patriarchal Palestine Archibald Henry Sayce
Moreover, individual branches of the Amorite stock had names of their own.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Archibald Sayce
Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite and thy mother a Hittite.
The Prophet Ezekiel Arno C. Gaebelein
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