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Lexicon :: Strong's H397 - 'āḵîš

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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 Box 1Sa 21:10

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Then David arose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish H397 king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - But the servants of Achish H397 said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying,

‘Saul has struck his thousands,

And David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:12

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And David took these words [fn]to heart and greatly feared Achish H397 king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then Achish H397 said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish H397 the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David lived with Achish H397 at Gath, he and his men, each with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

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Then David said to Achish H397, “If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - So Achish H397 gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David struck the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish H397.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - And Achish H397 said, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David said, “Against the [fn]Negev of Judah and against the [fn]Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the [fn]Negev of the Kenites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish H397 believed David, saying, “He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:1

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Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish H397 said to David, “Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - And David said to Achish H397, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” So Achish H397 said to David, “Very well, I will make you [fn]my bodyguard for life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish H397.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish H397 said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he [fn]deserted to me to this day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

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Then Achish H397 called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the camp are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Achish H397, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - But Achish H397 answered and said to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:39

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But it happened at the end of three years, that two of the slaves of Shimei ran away to Achish H397 son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish H397 to search for his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
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