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Lexicon :: Strong's H290 - 'ăḥîmaʿaṣ

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אֲחִימַעַץ
Transliteration
'ăḥîmaʿaṣ
Pronunciation
akh-ee-mah'-ats
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָח (H251) and the equivalent of מַעַץ (H4619)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִימַעַץ ʼĂchîymaʻats, akh-ee-mah'-ats; from H251 and the equivalent of H4619; brother of anger; Achimaats, the name of three Israelites:—Ahimaaz.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H290 in the following manner: Ahimaaz (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H290 in the following manner: Ahimaaz (15x).

  1. Ahimaaz = "my brother is anger (wrath)"

    1. father-in-law of Saul

    2. Zadok's son who aided David during Absalom's rebellion

    3. a supply officer of Solomon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִימַעַץ ʼĂchîymaʻats, akh-ee-mah'-ats; from H251 and the equivalent of H4619; brother of anger; Achimaats, the name of three Israelites:—Ahimaaz.
STRONGS H290: Abbreviations
† אֲחִימַ֫עַץ proper name, masculine (my brother is wrath)
1. son of Zadok 2 Samuel 15:27, 36; 2 Samuel 17:17, 20; 2 Samuel 18:19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29; 1 Chronicles 5:34 [1 Chronicles 6:8] (אֲחִימָ֑עַץ 1 Chronicles 6:35 [1 Chronicles 6:50]; 1 Chronicles 6:38 [1 Chronicles 6:53]; perhaps also 1 Kings 4:15 (son-in-law of Solomon)
2. אֲחִימָ֑עַץ, father-in-law of Saul 1 Samuel 14:50.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:50

2 Samuel

15:27; 15:36; 17:17; 17:20; 18:19; 18:22; 18:23; 18:27; 18:28; 18:29

1 Kings

4:15

1 Chronicles

6:8; 6:50; 6:53

H290

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H290 matches the Hebrew אֲחִימַעַץ ('ăḥîmaʿaṣ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look,[fn] here is my plan. You and Abiathar[fn] should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:36 - and they will send their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan to tell me what is going on.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Jonathan and Ahimaaz had been staying at En-rogel so as not to be seen entering and leaving the city. Arrangements had been made for a servant girl to bring them the message they were to take to King David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - When Absalom’s men arrived, they asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”
The woman replied, “They were here, but they crossed over the brook.” Absalom’s men looked for them without success and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:19 - Then Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the LORD has rescued him from his enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - But Ahimaaz continued to plead with Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me go, too.”
“Why should you go, my son?” Joab replied. “There will be no reward for your news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:23 - “Yes, but let me go anyway,” he begged.
Joab finally said, “All right, go ahead.” So Ahimaaz took the less demanding route by way of the plain and ran to Mahanaim ahead of the Ethiopian.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - “The first man runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok,” the watchman said.
“He is a good man and comes with good news,” the king replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn’t know what was happening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:15 - Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon’s daughters.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:8 - Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:9 - Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah.
Azariah was the father of Johanan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:53 - Zadok, and Ahimaaz.
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