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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 - And David arose, and fled that day for fear of 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 not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12 - And David laid up these words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then said Achish to his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: why then have ye brought him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that 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 - And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess Nabal's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth to the kings of Judah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and 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 - And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1 - And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines collected their armies for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

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

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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 liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee from the day of thy coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I have been with thee 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 - And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding, 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 - And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath: and they told Shimei, saying, behold, thy servants are in Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.
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