Amorites (according to Simonis and Ewald, highlanders), the most powerful tribe of the Canaanites, to all of whom the name is occasionally applied in the Hebrew Scriptures. They dwelt W. of the Jordan, in the territory subsequently allotted to Judah, chiefly in its mountainous portion; and E. of that river they held the two kingdoms of Heshbon and Ba-shan, of the latter of which the gigantic Og was king when Moses invaded their country. They were a people of large stature and great prowess, and the Israelites had long and severe contests with them, under Moses, Joshua, and other leaders.