How many times is Amorites mentioned in the Bible?
The word Amorites appears 73 times in the King James Version, in 72 verses. Counting every form (Amorites, Amorite), it appears 87 times in 86 verses across 17 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Amorites 63 times (87 with every form).
Amorites in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Amorites counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Amorites | 73 | 63 |
| Amorite | 14 | 24 |
| Total | 87 | 87 |
Which books mention Amorites most
Amorites appears in 17 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Joshua has the most (20), then Deuteronomy (15) and Numbers (13).
Also in: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1).
First and last mention of Amorites
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
The verse that uses it most is Numbers 21:13, 2 times:
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Verses with Amorites on our topic pages
1 verse that uses Amorites in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
Common questions
How many times is Amorites in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 87 of the 87 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Amorites appears in 17 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Joshua has the most (20), then Deuteronomy (15) and Numbers (13).
Where is Amorites first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 10:16: "And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite," The last is Amos 2:10.
More word counts: Canaanites, Chaldeans, Pharisees, Sadducees, Hittites, Amalekites, Midianites, Ammonites, or all 484 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.