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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 - David arose, and fled that day for fear of Sha'ul, and went to Akhish the king of Gat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - The servants of Akhish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Sha'ul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12 - David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Akhish the king of Gat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then said Akhish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Akhish the son of Ma`okh, king of Gat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - David lived with Akhish at Gat, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Achino'am the Yizre`elite, and Avigayil the Karmelite, Naval's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - David said to Akhish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - Then Akhish gave him Tziklag that day: why Tziklag pertains to the kings of Yehudah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Akhish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - Akhish said, Against whom have you made a raid today? David said, Against the South of Yehudah, and against the South of the Yerachme'eli, and against the South of the Kinim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - Akhish believed David, saying, He has made his people Yisra'el utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1 - It happened in those days, that the Pelishtim gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Yisra'el. Akhish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me in the host, you and your men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David said to Akhish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. Akhish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - The lords of the Pelishtim passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Akhish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then said the princes of the Pelishtim, What do these Hebrews here? Akhish said to the princes of the Pelishtim, Isn't this David, the servant of Sha'ul the king of Yisra'el, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to me to this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then Akhish called David, and said to him, As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords don't favor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - David said to Akhish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been 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 - Akhish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Pelishtim have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shim`i ran away to Akhish, son of Ma`akhah, king of Gat. They told Shim`i, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Shim`i arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gat to Akhish, to seek his servants; and Shim`i went, and brought his servants from Gat.
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