AMALEK

Son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, Ge 36:12. It is not certain that any distinct mention is made in the Bible of his posterity, people called Amalekites being in existence long before, Ge 14:7; Nu 24:20.

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Amalek. Amalek
Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.

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Amalek. a people that licks up

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AMALEK. → Son of Eliphaz Ge 36:12; 1Ch 1:36 → Probably not the ancestor of the Amalekites mentioned in time of Abraham Ge 14:7

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(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah grandson of Esau, and chieftain ("duke," Authorized Version) of Edom. (Genesis 36:12,16; 1 Chronicles 1:36) (B.C. about 1700.)

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a descendant of Esau Ge 36:12; Ex 17:8; De 25:17; 1Sa 15:3; 28:18; 2Sa 1:1; 1Ch 4:43