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Amorite
[ am-uh-rahyt ]
noun
- a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. 2 Samuel 12:26–31.
- the Semitic language of the Amorites.
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Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite and thy mother a Hittite.
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But Amorite kingdoms were established elsewhere on both sides of the Jordan.
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It was only on the northern frontier of Palestine and in the kingdom of Sihon that the name of "Amorite" alone was used.
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The land north of the Arnon became Amorite; but the Ammonite frontier was too well defended to be broken through.
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All three of the parties concerned—Hivite, Amorite and Israelite—had moved with the utmost rapidity.
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