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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 - So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David, the king of the land? Isn't he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying, 'Saul struck down his thousands, But David his tens of thousands'?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12 - David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Achish said to his servants, "Look at this madman! Why did you bring him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - David said to Achish, "If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - When Achish would ask, "Where did you raid today?" David would say, "The Negev of Judah" or "The Negev of Jeharmeel" or "The Negev of the Kenites."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, "He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1 - In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, "You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David replied to Achish, "That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!" Achish said to David, "Then I will make you my bodyguard from now on."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - The leaders of the Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - So Achish summoned David and said to him, "As surely as the LORD lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - But David said to Achish, "What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - Achish replied to David, "I am convinced that you are as reliable as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us in the battle.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - Three years later two of Shimei's servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, "Look, your servants are in Gath."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.
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