Amorite

[ am-uh-rahyt ]

noun

1. a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the ancient Israelites.
2. the Semitic language of the Amorites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Amorite¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Hebrew ĕmōr(ī) “Amorites” + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

After decades of wall building, Ur’s kings were eclipsed and, for the next three centuries, Amorite kings ruled over much of Mesopotamia.

From Washington Post

Forget the historical ignorance in suggesting that the first laws came from Moses when the sixth Amorite king of Babylon established one of the first written set of laws, known as Hammurabi's Code, hundreds of years earlier.

From Newsweek

Forget the historical ignorance in suggesting that the first laws came from Moses when the sixth Amorite king of Babylon established one of the first written set of laws, known as Hammurabi's Code, hundreds of years earlier.

From Newsweek

The neighbouring Amorite chiefs Aner, Mamre and Eshcol join them, probably with a troop each, and before many hours are lost they are down the passes and in hot pursuit.

From Project Gutenberg

Your mother was an Hittite and your father an Amorite—thine elder sister, Samaria, and thy youngest sister, Sodom.”

From Project Gutenberg