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Lexicon :: Strong's H288 - 'ăḥîmeleḵ

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אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
'ăḥîmeleḵ
Pronunciation
akh-ee-meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek, akh-ee-meh'-lek; from H251 and H4428; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite:—Ahimelech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H288 in the following manner: Ahimelech (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H288 in the following manner: Ahimelech (17x).

  1. Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek"

    1. a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David

    2. a Hittite warrior under David

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek, akh-ee-meh'-lek; from H251 and H4428; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite:—Ahimelech.
STRONGS H288: Abbreviations
† אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (brother of Melek, Phoenician חמלך, חמלכת; see also H281 אחיהו).
1. priest in Saul's (David's) time 1 Samuel 21:2 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 21:3; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:14, 16 (אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ 1 Chronicles 24:31; Psalm 52:2＝(title); son of Ahitub 1 Samuel 22:9, 11 (compare 1 Samuel 22:12); 1 Samuel 22:20; father of Abiathar 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 30:7; so also 2 Samuel 8:17 Syriac Version Ew We Th Dr; where MT בן־אביתר אחימ׳; whence id. wrongly 1 Chronicles 24:6, compare 1 Chronicles 24:4 (מִבְּנֵי אִיתָמָר אֲח׳) & 1 Chronicles 18:16 (where read אֲח׳ for אֲב׳).
2. a Hittite 1 Samuel 26:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

21:2; 21:3; 21:9; 22:9; 22:11; 22:12; 22:14; 22:16; 22:20; 23:6; 26:6; 30:7

2 Samuel

8:17

1 Chronicles

18:16; 24:4; 24:6; 24:31

Psalms

52:2

H288

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H288 matches the Hebrew אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ('ăḥîmeleḵ),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then David went to [fn]Nob to [fn]Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling [in fear] to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has told me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter for which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you. I have directed the young men to a certain place.’

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David said to Ahimelech, “Do you not have a sword or spear here on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my [other] weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s servants, replied, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech [the priest] the son of Ahitub.

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Then the king sent someone to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s household, the priests who were at Nob; and all of them came to the king.

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Then Ahimelech answered the king, “And who among all your servants is as faithful and trustworthy as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and who is captain over your guard [and your confidant], and is honored in your house?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - But Saul said, “Be assured that you shall die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s household (extended family).”

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But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled to David.

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When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

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Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

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David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought him the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices for their assigned duties.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, [fn]Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped Saul’s massacre at Nob], and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also cast lots as did their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of father’s households as well as those of his younger brother.

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To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?

The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

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