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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.” So Abimelech H40 king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God came to Abimelech H40 in a dream of the night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is [fn]married.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - (Now Abimelech H40 had not come near her.) Then he said, “Lord, will You kill a nation, even though righteous?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 -

So Abimelech H40 arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And [fn]how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me [fn]things that ought not to be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech H40 said to Abraham, “What have you seen, that you have done this thing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Abimelech H40 then took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham and returned his wife Sarah to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech H40 said, “Behold, my land is before you; [fn]settle wherever it is good in your sight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech H40 and his wife and his maidservants, so that they bore children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For Yahweh had utterly shut all the wombs of the household of Abimelech H40 because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 -

Now it happened at that time, that Abimelech H40 and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham reproved Abimelech H40 about the well of water which the servants of Abimelech H40 had seized.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And Abimelech H40 said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it [fn]until today.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 -

So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech H40, and the two of them cut a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abimelech H40 said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they cut a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech H40 and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose 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 previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech H40 king of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - Now it happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech H40 king of the Philistines looked out through a window and saw, and behold, Isaac was [fn]caressing his wife Rebekah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called Isaac and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife! How then did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech H40 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 BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech H40 commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - Then Abimelech H40 said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [fn]too mighty for us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26 -

Now Abimelech H40 came to him from Gerar [fn]with his adviser Ahuzzath 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 [fn]named him Abimelech H40.

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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 -

“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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 -

And Abimelech H40 governed over Israel three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 - 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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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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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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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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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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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