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Lexicon :: Strong's H288 - 'ăḥîmeleḵ

Aa
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
'ăḥîmeleḵ
Pronunciation
akh-ee-meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek, akh-ee-meh'-lek; from H251 and H4428; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite:—Ahimelech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H288 in the following manner: Ahimelech (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H288 in the following manner: Ahimelech (17x).

  1. Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek"

    1. a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David

    2. a Hittite warrior under David

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek, akh-ee-meh'-lek; from H251 and H4428; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite:—Ahimelech.
STRONGS H288: Abbreviations
† אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (brother of Melek, Phoenician חמלך, חמלכת; see also H281 אחיהו).
1. priest in Saul's (David's) time 1 Samuel 21:2 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 21:3; 1 Samuel 21:9; 1 Samuel 22:14, 16 (אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ 1 Chronicles 24:31; Psalm 52:2＝(title); son of Ahitub 1 Samuel 22:9, 11 (compare 1 Samuel 22:12); 1 Samuel 22:20; father of Abiathar 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 30:7; so also 2 Samuel 8:17 Syriac Version Ew We Th Dr; where MT בן־אביתר אחימ׳; whence id. wrongly 1 Chronicles 24:6, compare 1 Chronicles 24:4 (מִבְּנֵי אִיתָמָר אֲח׳) & 1 Chronicles 18:16 (where read אֲח׳ for אֲב׳).
2. a Hittite 1 Samuel 26:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

21:2; 21:3; 21:9; 22:9; 22:11; 22:12; 22:14; 22:16; 22:20; 23:6; 26:6; 30:7

2 Samuel

8:17

1 Chronicles

18:16; 24:4; 24:6; 24:31

Psalms

52:2

H288

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H288 matches the Hebrew אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ('ăḥîmeleḵ),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - Then came H935 David H1732 to Nob H5011 to H413 Ahimelech H288 the priest: H3548 and H2729➔ Ahimelech H288 was afraid ➔H2729 at the meeting H7122 of David, H1732 and said H559 unto him, Why H4069 art thou H859 alone, H905 and H376➔ no H369 man ➔H376 with thee? H854

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - And H559➔ David H1732 said ➔H559 unto Ahimelech H288 the priest, H3548 The king H4428 hath commanded me H6680 a business, H1697 and hath said H559 unto me, H413 Let H3045➔ no H408 man H376 know ➔H3045 any thing H3972 of the business H1697 whereabout H834 I H595 send thee, H7971 and what H834 I have commanded thee: H6680 and H853 I have appointed H3045 my servants H5288 to H413 such H6423 and such H492 a place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - And H559➔ David H1732 said ➔H559 unto Ahimelech, H288 And H371➔ is there H3426 not ➔H371 here H6311 under H8478 thine hand H3027 spear H2595 or H176 sword? H2719 for H3588 I have H3947➔ neither H3808 brought ➔H3947 my sword H2719 nor H1571 my weapons H3627 with me, H3027 because H3588 the king's H4428 business H1697 required H1961 haste. H5169

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then answered H6030 Doeg H1673 the Edomite, H130 which H1931 was set H5324 over H5921 the servants H5650 of Saul, H7586 and said, H559 I saw H7200 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 coming H935 to Nob, H5011 to H413 Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub. H285

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - Then H7971➔ the king H4428 sent ➔H7971 to call H7121 Ahimelech H288 the priest, H3548 the son H1121 of Ahitub, H285 and H853 all H3605 his father's H1 house, H1004 the priests H3548 that H834 were in Nob: H5011 and they came H935 all of them H3605 to H413 the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Then H6030➔ Ahimelech H288 answered ➔H6030 the king, H4428 and said, H559 And who H4310 is so faithful H539 among all H3605 thy servants H5650 as David, H1732 which is H2860➔ the king's H4428 son in law, ➔H2860 and goeth H5493 at H413 thy bidding, H4928 and is honourable H3513 in thine house? H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - And H559➔ the king H4428 said, ➔H559 Thou shalt H4191➔ surely H4191 die, ➔H4191 Ahimelech, H288 thou, H859 and all H3605 thy father's H1 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - And H4422➔ one H259 of the sons H1121 of Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub, H285 named H8034 Abiathar, H54 escaped, ➔H4422 and fled H1272 after H310 David. H1732

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H1272➔ Abiathar H54 the son H1121 of Ahimelech H288 fled ➔H1272 to H413 David H1732 to Keilah, H7084 that he came down H3381 with an ephod H646 in his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - Then answered H6030 David H1732 and said H559 to H413 Ahimelech H288 the Hittite, H2850 and to H413 Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah, H6870 brother H251 to Joab, H3097 saying, H559 Who H4310 will go down H3381 with me H854 to H413 Saul H7586 to H413 the camp? H4264 And H559➔ Abishai H52 said, ➔H559 I H589 will go down H3381 with thee. H5973

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - And H559➔ David H1732 said ➔H559 to H413 Abiathar H54 the priest, H3548 Ahimelech's H288 son, H1121 I pray thee, H4994 bring H5066➔ me H589 hither ➔H5066 the ephod. H646 And H5066➔ Abiathar H54 brought thither ➔H5066 the ephod H646 to H413 David. H1732

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - And Zadok H6659 the son H1121 of Ahitub, H285 and Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Abiathar, H54 were the priests; H3548 and Seraiah H8304 was the scribe; H5608

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - And H2505➔ David H1732 distributed them, ➔H2505 both Zadok H6659 of H4480 the sons H1121 of Eleazar, H499 and Ahimelech H288 of H4480 the sons H1121 of Ithamar, H385 according to their offices H6486 in their service. H5656

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And H3789➔ Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Nethaneel H5417 the scribe, H5608 one of H4480 the Levites, H3881 wrote them ➔H3789 before H6440 the king, H4428 and the princes, H8269 and Zadok H6659 the priest, H3548 and Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Abiathar, H54 and before the chief H7218 of the fathers H1 of the priests H3548 and Levites: H3881 one H259 principal H1 household H1004 being taken H270 for Eleazar, H499 and one taken H270 H270 for Ithamar. H385

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These H1992 likewise H1571 cast H5307 lots H1486 over against H5980 their brethren H251 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 in the presence H6440 of David H1732 the king, H4428 and Zadok, H6659 and Ahimelech, H288 and the chief H7218 of the fathers H1 of the priests H3548 and Levites, H3881 even H1➔ the principal H7218 fathers ➔H1 over against H5980 their H251➔ younger H6996 brethren. ➔H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1 - [[To the chief Musician, H5329 Maschil, H4905 A Psalm of David, H1732 when H935➔ Doeg H1673 the Edomite H130 came ➔H935 and told H5046 Saul, H7586 and said H559 unto him, David H1732 is come H935 to H413 the house H1004 of Ahimelech.]] H288 Why H4100 boastest thou thyself H1984 in mischief, H7451 O mighty man? H1368 the goodness H2617 of God H410 endureth continually. H3605 H3117
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