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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 40 times in 36 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he [fn]named him Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 -

And Abimelech H40 the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s [fn]relatives and spoke to them and to the whole family of the household of his mother’s father, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother’s [fn]relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem; and [fn]they were inclined to follow Abimelech H40, for they said, “He is our [fn]relative.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - So they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech H40 hired worthless and reckless fellows, and they followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - Then all the lords of Shechem and all [fn]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech H40 king, by the [fn]oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16

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“So now, if you have dealt in [fn]truth and integrity and made Abimelech H40 king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and [fn]have dealt with him according to the bountiful works of his hands—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech H40, the son of his maidservant, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your [fn]relative—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - if then you have dealt in [fn]truth and integrity with Jerubbaal and his house this day, be glad in Abimelech H40, and let him also be glad in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - “But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech H40 and consume the lords of Shechem and [fn]Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from [fn]Beth-millo and consume Abimelech H40.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - Then Jotham escaped and fled and went to Beer and remained there because of Abimelech H40 his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22 -

And Abimelech H40 governed over Israel three years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech H40 and the lords of Shechem; and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech H40,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence [fn]done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech H40 their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the lords of Shechem set [fn]men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them and celebrated a [fn]festival; and they came into the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech H40, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his [fn]officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - “[fn]Would, therefore, that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech H40.” And he said to Abimelech H40, “Increase your army and come out.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abimelech H40 [fn]deceitfully, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his [fn]relatives have come to Shechem; and behold, they are [fn]stirring up the city against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 -

So Abimelech H40 and all the people who were with him arose by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four [fn]companies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate; and Abimelech H40 and the people who were with him arose from the ambush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your [fn]boasting now with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech H40 that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go out now and fight with them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought with Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abimelech H40 pursued him, and he fled before him; and many fell slain up to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Then Abimelech H40 remained at Arumah, but Zebul drove out Gaal and his [fn]relatives so that they could not remain in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42 -

Now it happened the next day, that the people went out to the field, and it was told to Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Then Abimelech H40 and the [fn]company who was with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the city gate; but the other two [fn]companies rushed upon all who were in the field and struck them down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - So Abimelech H40 fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he tore the city down and sowed it with salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was told to Abimelech H40 that all the lords of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - So Abimelech H40 went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech H40 took [fn]an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees and lifted it and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do [fn]likewise.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And all the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech H40 and put them on the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about one thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:50 -

Then Abimelech H40 went to Thebez, and he camped against Thebez and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - So Abimelech H40 came to the tower and fought against it and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s H40 head, and she smashed his skull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 - Then the men of Israel saw that Abimelech H40 was dead, so each went away to his [fn]home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56 - Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech H40, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1

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Then after Abimelech H40 died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

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