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Lexicon :: Strong's H40 - 'ăḇîmeleḵ

Aa
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 2 / 2 (Jdg 9:47–Psa 34:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So each of them cut down some branches, following Abimelech’s example. They piled the branches against the walls of the temple and set them on fire. So all the people who had lived in the tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:50 - Then Abimelech attacked the town of Thebez and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - Abimelech followed them to attack the tower. But as he prepared to set fire to the entrance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - a woman on the roof dropped a millstone that landed on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 - When Abimelech’s men saw that he was dead, they disbanded and returned to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56 - In this way, God punished Abimelech for the evil he had done against his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 - After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Wasn’t Abimelech son of Gideon[fn] killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?’ Then tell him, ‘Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech[fn] son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah[fn] was the court secretary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.

I will praise the LORD at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.

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