Ἀμαλήκ

Amalek

Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 13 words

A proper name.¹ And out of it [sc. comes the adjectival form] Amalekite.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμαλήκ· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ Ἀμαληκίτης.

Betacode

*)amalh/k: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ e)c au)tou= *)amalhki/ths.

So too, according to Adler, in two entries of the Ambrosian Lexicon.
cf. under alpha 4702, gamma 98.
1Eponym of the Amalekites. Attested copiously in the Septuagint, from Genesis (14.7, 36.12 & 16) onwards. ↩
2e.g. I Kingdoms (I Samuel) 15, and copiously in Josephus. ↩

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