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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 Abimelech 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 Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, on account of the woman whom thou hast taken: for she is a man's wife.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: Then Abimelech arose, 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 - And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech 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 - And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - And Abimelech 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 - And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us: for thou art much mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's brethren spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; 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 Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons, who followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And all the men of Shechem assembled, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - And ye have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, 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 Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

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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 Abimelech his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22 - When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - That the cruelty done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem who aided him in the killing of his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him on the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him; is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abimelech privately, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, are come to Shechem; and behold, they fortify the city against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - And Abimelech rose, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then said Zebul to him, Where is now thy mouth, with which thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? are not these the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

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