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Lexicon :: Strong's H40 - 'ăḇîmeleḵ

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אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
'ăḇîmeleḵ
Pronunciation
ab-ee-mel'-ek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek; from H1 and H4428; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites:—Abimelech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H40 in the following manner: Abimelech (67x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H40 in the following manner: Abimelech (67x).

  1. Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king"

    1. king of Gerar in Abraham's time

    2. king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings

    3. son of Gideon by a concubine

    4. priest, son of Abiathar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek; from H1 and H4428; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites:—Abimelech.
STRONGS H40: Abbreviations
אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (Melek (= Malik, Molech) is father) — אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 20:18 —
1. king of Gerar Genesis 20:2, 3, 4 +, Genesis 21:22, 25 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 26:1, 8 + (24 times Genesis).
† 2. king of Gath Psalm Genesis 34:1 error for אָכִישׁ, compare 1 Samuel 21:11f f; — a better known Philistine name substituted for a less known (Hup3). > Others (Thes Ol De MV) think a title of Philistine kings, compare Pharaoh.
3. son of Gideon Judges 8:31; Judges 9:1, 3, 4 +, Judges 10:1 (40 times Judges), 2 Samuel 11:21.
† 4. priest, son of Abiathar 1 Chronicles 18:16 error for אֲחִימֶלֶח which see (Sabean also proper name, feminine OsianderZMG 1865, 209).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:2; 20:3; 20:4; 20:18; 21:22; 21:25; 26:1; 26:8; 34:1

Judges

8:31; 9:1; 9:3; 9:4; 10:1

1 Samuel

21:11

2 Samuel

11:21

1 Chronicles

18:16

H40

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H40 matches the Hebrew אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ('ăḇîmeleḵ),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech H40 king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God came to Abimelech H40 in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - But Abimelech H40 had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Therefore Abimelech H40 rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech H40 said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech H40 took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech H40 said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, H40 and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, H40 because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 - And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech H40 and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reproved Abimelech H40 because of a well of water, which Abimelech's H40 servants had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And Abimelech H40 said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; H40 and both of them made a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abimelech H40 said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech H40 rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech H40 king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech H40 king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And Abimelech H40 called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech H40 said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - And Abimelech H40 charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And Abimelech H40 said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26 - Then Abimelech H40 went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
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