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Lexicon :: Strong's H397 - 'āḵîš

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אָכִישׁ
Transliteration
'āḵîš
Pronunciation
aw-keesh'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֲכִישׁ ʼĂkîysh, aw-keesh'; of uncertain derivation; Akish, a Philistine king:—Achish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H397 in the following manner: Achish (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H397 in the following manner: Achish (21x).

  1. Achish = "I will blacken (or terrify)" or "only a man"

    1. Philistine king of Gath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲכִישׁ ʼĂkîysh, aw-keesh'; of uncertain derivation; Akish, a Philistine king:—Achish.
STRONGS H397: Abbreviations
אָכִישׁ proper name, masculine king of Gath 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 21:13; 1 Samuel 21:15 + 15 times in 1 Samuel 27-29 + 1 Kings 2:39, 40 (perhaps compare aXtkAf   anger).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

21:11; 21:12; 21:13; 21:15

1 Kings

2:39; 2:40

H397

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Strong's Number H397 matches the Hebrew אָכִישׁ ('āḵîš),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10 -

Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of [fn]Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing in praise of this one as they danced, saying,

‘Saul has slain his thousands,

And David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

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David took these words to heart and was greatly afraid of Achish king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see that the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David and the six hundred men who were with him arose and crossed over to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, [who was] Nabal’s widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

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Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your sight, let me be given a place [of my own] in one of the cities in the country, so that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - Then Achish gave David [the town of] Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to [fn]this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, but he took the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing, and returned to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - When Achish asked, “Where did you raid today?” David replied, “Against the Negev (the South country) of Judah, and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - Achish believed David, saying, “He has certainly become hated by his people in Israel; so he will always be my servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:1

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In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, “Understand for certain that you and your men will go out with me to battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David said to Achish, “All right, you shall know what your servant can do.” So Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - As the Philistine lords (governors) were proceeding on [marching] by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish [the king of Gath],

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - the Philistine commanders [having noticed David] said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish said to the Philistine commanders, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days and years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he deserted to me to this day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

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Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the LORD lives, you have been upright (righteous), and your [fn]behavior in the army is pleasing in my sight. For from the day you came to me to this day I have found no evil in you. Nevertheless, [fn]the [Philistine] lords do not approve of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day when I [first] came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - Achish answered David, “I know that you are blameless in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:39

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But it happened after three years, that two of Shimei’s servants ran away to Achish the son of Maacah, the king of [fn]Gath. And Shimei was told, “Behold, your [runaway] servants are in Gath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to [King] Achish to look for his servants. And Shimei went and brought them back from Gath.
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