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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 67 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 20:2–Jdg 9:45)

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God came to Abim'elech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abim'elech had not approached her; so he said, "Lord, wilt thou slay an innocent people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - So Abim'elech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told them all these things; and the men were very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abim'elech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abim'elech said to Abraham, "What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Then Abim'elech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abim'elech said, "Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abim'elech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 - At that time Abim'elech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - When Abraham complained to Abim'elech about a well of water which Abim'elech's servants had seized,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - Abim'elech said, "I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abim'elech, and the two men made a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abim'elech said to Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. Then Abim'elech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abim'elech king of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - When he had been there a long time, Abim'elech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - So Abim'elech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, she is your wife; how then could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - Abim'elech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abim'elech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And Abim'elech said to Isaac, "Go away from us; for you are much mightier than we."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26 - Then Abim'elech went to him from Gerar with Ahuz'zath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al-be'rith with which Abim'elech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - "Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved--

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - if you then have acted in good faith and honor with Jerubba'al and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abim'elech, and let him also rejoice in you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - but if not, let fire come out from Abim'elech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abim'elech."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there, for fear of Abim'elech his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22 - Abim'elech ruled over Israel three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - And God sent an evil spirit between Abim'elech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abim'elech;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubba'al might come and their blood be laid upon Abim'elech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Ga'al the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abim'elech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Did not the son of Jerubba'al and Zebul his officer serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem? Why then should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - Would that this people were under my hand! then I would remove Abim'elech. I would say to Abim'elech, 'Increase your army, and come out.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - And Abim'elech and all the men that were with him rose up by night, and laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Ga'al the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abim'elech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your mouth now, you who said, 'Who is Abim'elech, that we should serve him?' Are not these the men whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abim'elech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And Abim'elech dwelt at Aru'mah; and Zebul drove out Ga'al and his kinsmen, so that they could not live on at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42 - On the following day the men went out into the fields. And Abim'elech was told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Abim'elech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abim'elech fought against the city all that day; he took the city, and killed the people that were in it; and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

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