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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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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - (LXX 21:2) And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and nobody with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - (LXX 21:3) And David said to the priest, The king gave me a command to-day, and said to me, Let no one know the matter on which I send thee, and concerning which I have charged thee: and I have charged my servants to be in the place that is called, [fn]The faithfulness of God, [fn]phellani maemoni.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - (LXX 21:9) And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under thy hand spear or sword, for I have not [fn]brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul [fn]answered and said, I saw the son of Jessæ as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - And he answered the king, and said, And who is there among all thy servants faithful as David, and he is a son-in-law of the king, and he is executor of all thy commands, and is honourable in thy house?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keila, having an ephod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - And David answered and spoke to Abimelech the Chettite, and to Abessa the son of Saruia the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go in with me to Saul into the camp? And Abessa said, I will go in with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the [fn]ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, were priests; and Sasa was the scribe,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - And David distributed them, even Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their numbering, according to their service, according to the houses of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And Samaias the son of Nathanael, the scribe, of the family of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar were present; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household were assigned one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - And they also received lots as their brethren the sons of Aaron before the king; Sadoc also, and Achimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal heads of families, even as their younger brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1 - (LXX 51:1) For the end, a Psalm of [fn]instruction by David, (51:2) when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. (51:3) Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day
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