Etymology?: probably of foreign derivation
ʿămālēq pr n m pers
Amalek = "dweller in a valley"
1) son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan
2) descendants of Amalek
Mentioned in Genesis 36:16, 36:12 Exodus 17:10, 17:14, 17:9, 17:16, 17:11, 17:13, 17:8 Numbers 24:20, 13:29 Deuteronomy 25:19, 25:17 Judges 5:14, 7:12, 3:13, 10:12, 6:3, 6:33 1 Samuel 15:8, 15:20, 15:32, 15:3, 15:6, 15:2, 15:18, 28:18, 30:18, 15:7, 14:48, 15:5 2 Samuel 1:1, 8:12 Psalms 83:8 1 Chronicles 18:11, 1:36, 4:43