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Strong's #40 - אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

Transliteration
ʼĂbîymelek
Phonetics
ab-ee-mel'-ek
Origin
from (H1) and (H4428)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
BSB (67)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
CSB (67)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
ESV (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
KJV (67)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
LEB (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 39
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
LSB (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
N95 (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
NAS (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
NLT (0)
The
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WEB (66)
Genesis 24
Judges 40
2 Samuel 1
1 Chronicles 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine ( Melek (= Malik, Molech) is father) — אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 20:18 #NAME?

1 king of Gerar Genesis 20:2,3,4 +, Genesis 21:22,25 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 26:1,8 + (24t. Genesis).

2 king of Gath Psalm Genesis 34:1 error for אָכִישׁ, compare 1 Samuel 21:11 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 (40t. Judges), 2 Samuel 11:21.

4 priest, son of Abiathar 1 Chronicles 18:16 error for אֲחִימֶלֶח q. v. (Sabean also

proper name, feminine Osiander ZMG 1865,209).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (“father of the king,” or “father king”), [Abimelech], pr.n.

(1) of several kings in the land of the Philistines, living at different periods, Genesis 20:2, sqq.; 21:22, sqq.; 26 Genesis 21:26:l, sqq.; Psalms 34:1. As the same king, who in the Ps. loc. cit. is called Abimelech, is in 1 Samuel 21:11, called Achish (אָכִישׁ), this name or title appears to have been mostly common to them, like داد شاه Padishah (father king) of the Persian kings, and اتاليق Atalik (father, properly paternity) of the Khans of Bokhara.

(2) a son of Gideon, Judges 8:31, seq.; 9:1, seq.; 2 Samuel 11:21.

(3)  1 Chronicles 18:16, where indeed we probably should read אֲחִימֶלֶךְ, as 2 Samuel 8:17.


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List of Word Forms
אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ אבימלך אבימלך׃ בַּאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ באבימלך באבימלך׃ וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ וַאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ ואבימלך לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ לַאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ לאבימלך לאבימלך׃ מֵאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ מאבימלך ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ ’ă·ḇîm·me·leḵ ’ăḇîmeleḵ ’ăḇîmmeleḵ aviMelech avimMelech ba’ăḇîmeleḵ ba·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ baaviMelech la’ăḇîmeleḵ la·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ laaviMelech mê’ăḇîmeleḵ mê·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ meaviMelech vaaviMelech wa’ăḇîmeleḵ wa·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ
 
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