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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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Then David H1732 set H6965 out H6965 and fled H1272 that day H3117 from Saul H7586, and went H935 to Achish H397 king H4428 of Gath H1661.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - But the servants H5650 of Achish H397 said H559 to him, “Is this H2088 not David H1732, the king H4428 of the land H776? Did they not sing H6030 of this H2088 one H2088 as they danced H4246, saying H559,

‘Saul H7586 has slain H5221 his thousands H505,

And David H1732 his ten H7233 thousands H7233’?”

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David H1732 took H7760 these H428 words H1697 [fn]to heart H3824 and greatly H3966 feared H3372 Achish H397 king H4428 of Gath H1661.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then Achish H397 said H559 to his servants H5650, “Look H2009, you see H7200 the man H376 is behaving H7696 like H7696 an H7696 insane H7696 person H7696. Why H4100 do you bring H935 him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David H1732 set H6965 out H6965 and went H5674 over H5674, he and the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were with him, to Achish H397 the son H1121 of Maoch H4582, king H4428 of Gath H1661.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David H1732 lived H3427 with Achish H397 in Gath H1661, he and his men H376, each H376 with his own household H1004—David H1732 with his two H8147 wives H802, Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159, and Abigail H26 the Carmelitess H3761, Nabal’s H5037 [fn]widow H802.

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Then David H1732 said H559 to Achish H397, “If H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, have them give H5414 me a place H4725 in one H259 of the cities H5892 in the country H7704, so that I may live H3427 there H8033; for why H4100 should your servant H5650 live H3427 in the royal H4467 city H5892 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - So Achish H397 gave H5414 him Ziklag H6860 that day H3117; therefore H3651 Ziklag H6860 has H1961 belonged to the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - David H1732 [fn]attacked H5221 the land H776 and did not leave H2421 a man H376 or a woman H802 alive H2421, and he took H3947 the sheep H6629, the cattle H1241, the donkeys H2543, the camels H1581, and the clothing H899. Then he returned H7725 and came H935 to Achish H397.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - Now Achish H397 said H559, “[fn]Where H575 did you carry H6584 out H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 today H3117?” And David H1732 said H559, “Against H5921 the [fn]Negev H5045 of Judah H3063, against H5921 the [fn]Negev H5045 of the Jerahmeelites H3397, and against H413 the [fn]Negev H5045 of the Kenites H7017.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish H397 believed H539 David H1732, saying H559, “He has undoubtedly H887 made H887 himself repulsive H887 among his people H5971 Israel H3478; therefore he will become H1961 my servant H5650 forever H5769.”

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117 that the Philistines H6430 gathered H6908 their armed camps H4264 for war H6635, to fight H3898 against Israel H3478. And Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that you will go H3318 out H3318 with me in the camp H4264, you and your men H376.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David H1732 said H559 to Achish H397, “Very H3651 well H3651, you will learn H3045 what H834 your servant H5650 can do H6213.” So Achish H397 said H559 to David H1732, “Then I will assuredly H3651 make H7760 you [fn]my bodyguard H8104 H7218 for [fn]life H3605 H3117!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 were proceeding H5674 on H5674, leading hundreds H3967 and thousands H505, and David H1732 and his men H376 were proceeding H5674 in the back H314 with Achish H397.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the commanders H8269 of the Philistines H6430 said H559, “What H4100 are these H428 Hebrews H5680 doing here?” And Achish H397 said H559 to the commanders H8269 of the Philistines H6430, “Is this H2088 not David H1732, the servant H5650 of Saul H7586 the king H4428 of Israel H3478, who H834 has been H1961 with me these H2088 days H3117, or H176 rather these H2088 years H8141, and I have found H4672 nothing H3808 H3972 at H3972 all H3972 suspicious in him since H4480 the day H3117 he [fn]deserted H5307 to me to this H2088 day H3117?”

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Then Achish H397 called H7121 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, you have indeed H3588 been honest H3477, and your [fn]going H3318 out H3318 and your coming H935 in H935 with me in the army H4264 are pleasing H2896 in my sight H5869; for I have not found H4672 evil H7451 in you since H3588 the day H3117 of your coming H935 to me to this H2088 day H3117. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing H2896 in the sight H5869 of the governors H5633.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - However, David H1732 said H559 to Achish H397, “But what H4100 have I done H6213? And what H4100 have you found H4672 in your servant H5650 since H4480 the day H3117 that I came H1961 before H6440 you, to this H2088 day H3117, that I cannot go H935 and fight H3898 against the enemies H340 of my lord H113 the king H4428?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - But Achish H397 replied H6030 to David H1732, “I know H3045 that you are pleasing H2896 in my sight H5869, like an angel H4397 of God H430; nevertheless H389 the commanders H8269 of the Philistines H6430 have said H559, ‘He must not go H5927 up H5927 with us into the battle H4421.’

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But it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of three H7969 years H8141, that two H8147 of Shimei’s H8096 servants H5650 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah H4601, king H4428 of Gath H1661. And others told H5046 Shimei H8096, saying H559, “Behold H2009, your servants H5650 are in Gath H1661.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - Then Shimei H8096 got H6965 up H6965 and saddled H2280 his donkey H2543, and went H1980 to Gath H1661 to Achish H397, to search H1245 for his servants H5650. And Shimei H8096 went H1980 and brought H935 his servants H5650 from Gath H1661.
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