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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 that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

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

‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12 - Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the 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 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 - Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - So David dwelt 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, Nabal’s widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - Then David said to Achish, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town 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 - So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - Whenever David attacked the land, he left neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - Then Achish would say, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David would say, “Against the southern area of Judah, or against the southern area of the Jerahmeelites, or against the southern area of the Kenites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1 - Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, “You assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle, you and your men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - So David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, but David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years? And to this day I have found no fault in him since he defected to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then Achish called David and said to him, “Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For to this day I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless the lords do not favor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - So David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, 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 - Then Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as good in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines 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 - Now it happened at the end of three years, that two slaves of Shimei ran away to Achish the son of Maachah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Look, your slaves 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 Achish at Gath to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
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