Amalek

Biblical people, enemies of the Israelites
Person human_biblical_figure Q372091
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Amalek

Summary

Amalek is a human biblical figure[1]. He draws 888 Wikipedia views per month (human_biblical_figure category, ranking #68 of 529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amalek's father was Eliphaz[3].
  • Amalek's mother was Timna[4].
  • Amalek's image is recorded as The pictorial Bible and commentator- presenting the great truths of God's word in the most simple, pleasing, affectionate, and instructive manner (1878) (14761814904).jpg[5].
  • Amalek is recorded as male[6].
  • Amalek's instance of is recorded as human biblical figure[7].
  • Amalek's killed by is recorded as Israelites[8].
  • Amalek's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 15943710[9].
  • Amalek's GND ID is recorded as 132870150[10].
  • Amalek's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93000839[11].
  • Amalek's Commons category is recorded as Amalek[12].
  • Amalek's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hyby[13].
  • Amalek's significant event is recorded as Genocide of the Amalekites[14].
  • Amalek's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amalek[15].
  • Amalek's relative is recorded as Amalekites[16].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[20].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[21].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[22].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Books of Samuel[24].
  • Amalek's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Amalek's present in work is recorded as Genesis 36[26].
  • Amalek's NE.se ID is recorded as amalek[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Amalek's father was Eliphaz[3]. His mother was Timna[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Amalek include Amalekites[28], a tribe[29].

Why It Matters

Amalek draws 888 Wikipedia views per month (human_biblical_figure category, ranking #68 of 529).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for him include Amalekites[28], a tribe[29].

FAQs

Who were Amalek's parents?

Amalek's father was Eliphaz[3]. Amalek's mother was Timna[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Book of Genesis. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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