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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

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - Then David H1732 came H935 to Nob H5011 to Ahimelech H288 the priest; H3548 and Ahimelech H288 came H2729 trembling H2729 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 are you alone H905 and no H369 one H376 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech H288 the priest, H3548 “The king H4428 has commissioned H6680 me with a matter H1697 and has said H559 to me, ‘Let no H408 one H376 know H3045 anything H3972 about the matter H1697 on which H834 I am sending H7971 you and with which H834 I have commissioned H6680 you; and I have directed H3045 the young H5288 men H5288 to a certain H492 H6423 place.’ H4725

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech, H288 “Now is there H3426 not a spear H2595 or H176 a sword H2719 [fn]on hand? H3027 For I brought H3947 neither H1571 H3808 my sword H2719 nor H1571 my weapons H3627 [fn]with me, because H3588 the king’s H4428 matter H1697 was urgent.” H5169

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg H1673 the Edomite, H130 who H1931 was [fn]standing H5324 by the servants H5650 of Saul, H7586 said, H559 “I saw H7200 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 coming H935 to Nob, H5011 to Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub. H285

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - Then the king H4428 sent H7971 someone to summon H7121 Ahimelech H288 the priest, H3548 the son H1121 of Ahitub, H285 and all H3605 his father’s H1 household, H1004 the priests H3548 who H834 were in Nob; H5011 and all H3605 of them came H935 to the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Then Ahimelech H288 answered H6030 the king H4428 and said, H559 “And who H4310 among all H3605 your servants H5650 is as faithful H539 as David, H1732 even the king’s H4428 son-in-law, H2860 who [fn]is captain over H413 your guard, H4928 and is honored H3513 in your house? H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - But the king H4428 said, H559 “You shall surely H4191 die, H4191 Ahimelech, H288 you and all H3605 your father’s H1 household!” H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - But one H259 son 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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech H288 the Hittite H2850 and to Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah, H6870 Joab’s H3097 brother, H251 saying, H559 “Who H4310 will go H3381 down H3381 with me to Saul H7586 in the camp?” H4264 And Abishai H52 said, H559 “I will go H3381 down H3381 with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Abiathar H54 the priest, H3548 the son H1121 of Ahimelech, H288 “Please H4994 bring H5066 me the ephod.” H646 So Abiathar H54 brought H5066 the ephod H646 to David. H1732

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - David, H1732 with Zadok H6659 of the sons H1121 of Eleazar H499 and Ahimelech H288 of the sons H1121 of Ithamar, H385 divided H2505 them according to their offices H6486 [fn]for their ministry. H5656

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, H8098 the son H1121 of Nethanel H5417 the scribe, H5608 from the Levites, H3881 recorded H3789 them in the presence H6440 of the king, H4428 the princes, H8269 Zadok H6659 the priest, H3548 Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Abiathar, H54 and the heads H7218 of the fathers’ H1 households of the priests H3548 and of the Levites; H3881 one H259 father’s H1 household H1004 taken H270 for Eleazar H499 and one taken H270 for Ithamar. H385

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These H1992 also H1571 cast H5307 lots H1486 just H5980 as their [fn]relatives H251 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 in the presence H6440 of David H1732 the king, H4428 Zadok, H6659 Ahimelech, H288 and the heads H7218 of the fathers’ H1 households of the priests H3548 and of the Levites H3881—the head H7218 of fathers’ H1 households as well H5980 as those of his younger H6996 brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:1 - For the choir director. A [fn]Maskil of David, [fn]when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why H4100 do you boast H1984 in evil, H7451 O mighty H1368 man? H1368
The lovingkindness H2617 of God H410 endures all H3605 day H3117 long.
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