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Lexicon :: Strong's H397 - 'āḵîš

Aa
אָכִישׁ
Transliteration
'āḵîš
Pronunciation
aw-keesh'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֲכִישׁ ʼĂkîysh, aw-keesh'; of uncertain derivation; Akish, a Philistine king:—Achish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H397 in the following manner: Achish (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H397 in the following manner: Achish (21x).

  1. Achish = "I will blacken (or terrify)" or "only a man"

    1. Philistine king of Gath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲכִישׁ ʼĂkîysh, aw-keesh'; of uncertain derivation; Akish, a Philistine king:—Achish.
STRONGS H397: Abbreviations
אָכִישׁ proper name, masculine king of Gath 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Samuel 21:12; 1 Samuel 21:13; 1 Samuel 21:15 + 15 times in 1 Samuel 27-29 + 1 Kings 2:39, 40 (perhaps compare aXtkAf   anger).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

21:11; 21:12; 21:13; 21:15

1 Kings

2:39; 2:40

H397

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Strong's Number H397 matches the Hebrew אָכִישׁ ('āḵîš),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10 - Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:12 - And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1 - Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines went on with their hundreds and their thousands, and David and his men came after with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Achish, But what have I done? what have you seen in your servant while I have been with you till this day, that I may not go and take up arms against those who are now making war on my lord the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.
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