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Lexicon :: Strong's H40 - 'ăḇîmeleḵ

Aa
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
'ăḇîmeleḵ
Pronunciation
ab-ee-mel'-ek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek; from H1 and H4428; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites:—Abimelech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H40 in the following manner: Abimelech (67x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H40 in the following manner: Abimelech (67x).

  1. Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king"

    1. king of Gerar in Abraham's time

    2. king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings

    3. son of Gideon by a concubine

    4. priest, son of Abiathar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek; from H1 and H4428; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites:—Abimelech.
STRONGS H40: Abbreviations
אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (Melek (= Malik, Molech) is father) — אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 20:18 —
1. king of Gerar Genesis 20:2, 3, 4 +, Genesis 21:22, 25 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 26:1, 8 + (24 times Genesis).
† 2. king of Gath Psalm Genesis 34:1 error for אָכִישׁ, compare 1 Samuel 21:11f f; — a better known Philistine name substituted for a less known (Hup3). > Others (Thes Ol De MV) think a title of Philistine kings, compare Pharaoh.
3. son of Gideon Judges 8:31; Judges 9:1, 3, 4 +, Judges 10:1 (40 times Judges), 2 Samuel 11:21.
† 4. priest, son of Abiathar 1 Chronicles 18:16 error for אֲחִימֶלֶח which see (Sabean also proper name, feminine OsianderZMG 1865, 209).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:2; 20:3; 20:4; 20:18; 21:22; 21:25; 26:1; 26:8; 34:1

Judges

8:31; 9:1; 9:3; 9:4; 10:1

1 Samuel

21:11

2 Samuel

11:21

1 Chronicles

18:16

H40

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H40 matches the Hebrew אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ('ăḇîmeleḵ),
which occurs 67 times in 62 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 20:2–Jdg 9:45)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - But Abimelech H40 had H7126➔ not H3808 come near ➔H7126 her: H413 and he said, H559 Lord, H136 wilt thou slay H2026 also H1571 a righteous H6662 nation? H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Therefore H7925➔ Abimelech H40 rose early ➔H7925 in the morning, H1242 and called H7121 all H3605 his servants, H5650 and told H1696 all H3605 these H428 things H1697 in their ears: H241 and H3372➔ the men H376 were ➔H3372➔ sore H3966 afraid. ➔H3372

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then H7121➔ Abimelech H40 called ➔H7121 Abraham, H85 and said H559 unto him, What H4100 hast thou done H6213 unto us? and what H4100 have I offended H2398 thee, that H3588 thou hast brought H935 on me H5921 and on H5921 my kingdom H4467 a H2401➔ great H1419 sin? ➔H2401 thou hast done H6213 deeds H4639 unto me H5978 that H834 ought H6213➔ not H3808 to be done. ➔H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And H559➔ Abimelech H40 said ➔H559 unto H413 Abraham, H85 What H4100 sawest thou, H7200 that H3588 thou hast done H6213 this H2088 thing? H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And H3947➔ Abimelech H40 took ➔H3947 sheep, H6629 and oxen, H1241 and menservants, H5650 and womenservants, H8198 and gave H5414 them unto Abraham, H85 and restored H7725 him Sarah H8283 his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And H559➔ Abimelech H40 said, ➔H559 Behold, H2009 my land H776 is before thee: H6440 dwell H3427 where it pleaseth H2896➔ thee. ➔H2896 H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - So H6419➔ Abraham H85 prayed ➔H6419 unto H413 God: H430 and H7495➔ God H430 healed ➔H7495 Abimelech, H40 and H853 his wife, H802 and his maidservants; H519 and they bare H3205 children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For H3588 the LORD H3068 had H6113➔ fast H6113 closed up ➔H6113 all H3605 the wombs H7358 of the house H1004 of Abimelech, H40 because H5921 H1697 of Sarah H8283 Abraham's H85 wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And H3198➔ Abraham H85 reproved ➔H3198 Abimelech H40 because H5921 H182 of a well H875 of water, H4325 which H834 Abimelech's H40 servants H5650 had violently taken away. H1497

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And H559➔ Abimelech H40 said, ➔H559 I wot H3045 not H3808 who H4310 hath done H6213 this H2088 thing: H1697 neither H3808 didst H5046➔ thou H859 tell ➔H5046 me, neither H3808 yet H1571 heard H8085 I H595 of it, but H1115 to day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And H3947➔ Abraham H85 took ➔H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen, H1241 and gave them H5414 unto Abimelech; H40 and H3772➔ both of them H8147 made ➔H3772 a covenant. H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And H559➔ Abimelech H40 said ➔H559 unto H413 Abraham, H85 What H4100 mean these H2007 seven H7651 ewe lambs H3535 which H834 thou hast set H5324 by themselves? H905

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made H3772 a covenant H1285 at Beersheba: H884 H884 then H6965➔ Abimelech H40 rose up, ➔H6965 and Phichol H6369 the chief captain H8269 of his host, H6635 and they returned H7725 into H413 the land H776 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the land, H776 beside H905 the H7458➔ first H7223 famine ➔H7458 that H834 was H1961 in the days H3117 of Abraham. H85 And H3212➔ Isaac H3327 went ➔H3212 unto H413 Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430 unto Gerar. H1642

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H3588 he had been H748➔ there H8033 a H3117➔ long ➔H748 time, ➔H3117 that H8259➔ Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430 looked out ➔H8259 at H1157 a window, H2474 and saw, H7200 and, behold, H2009 Isaac H3327 was sporting H6711 with H854 Rebekah H7259 his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - And H7121➔ Abimelech H40 called ➔H7121 Isaac, H3327 and said, H559 Behold, H2009 of a surety H389 she H1931 is thy wife: H802 and how H349 saidst thou, H559 She H1931 is my sister? H269 And H559➔ Isaac H3327 said ➔H559 unto him, H413 Because H3588 I said, H559 Lest H6435 I die H4191 for her. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And H559➔ Abimelech H40 said, ➔H559 What H4100 is this H2063 thou hast done H6213 unto us? one H259 of the people H5971 might H7901➔ lightly H4592 have lien ➔H7901 with H854 thy wife, H802 and thou shouldest have brought H935 guiltiness H817 upon us. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - And H6680➔ Abimelech H40 charged ➔H6680 all H3605 his people, H5971 saying, H559 He that toucheth H5060 this H2088 man H376 or his wife H802 shall H4191➔ surely H4191 be put to death. ➔H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - And H559➔ Abimelech H40 said ➔H559 unto H413 Isaac, H3327 Go H3212 from us; H5973 for H3588 thou art H6105➔ much H3966 mightier ➔H6105 than we. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26 - Then Abimelech H40 went H1980 to him H413 from Gerar, H1642 and Ahuzzath H276 one of his friends, H4828 and Phichol H6369 the chief captain H8269 of his army. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine H6370 that H834 was in Shechem, H7927 she H1931 also H1571 bare H3205 him a son, H1121 whose name H8034 he called H7760 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And H3212➔ Abimelech H40 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 went ➔H3212 to Shechem H7927 unto H413 his mother's H517 brethren, H251 and communed H1696 with them, H413 and with H413 all H3605 the family H4940 of the house H1004 of H1➔ his mother's H517 father, ➔H1 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And H1696➔ his mother's H517 brethren H251 spake ➔H1696 of him H5921 in the ears H241 of all H3605 the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 all H3605 these H428 words: H1697 and H5186➔ their hearts H3820 inclined ➔H5186 to follow H310 Abimelech; H40 for H3588 they said, H559 He H1931 is our brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave H5414 him threescore and ten H7657 pieces of silver H3701 out of the house H1004 of Baalberith, H1170 H1170 wherewith Abimelech H40 hired H7936 vain H7386 and light H6348 persons, H376 which followed H3212 him. H310

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And H622➔ all H3605 the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 gathered together, ➔H622 and all H3605 the house H1004 of Millo, H4407 and went, H3212 and made H4427 Abimelech H40 king, H4428 by H5973 the plain H436 of the pillar H5324 that H834 was in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - Now therefore, H6258 if H518 ye have done H6213 truly H571 and sincerely, H8549 in that ye have made H4427➔ Abimelech H40 king, ➔H4427 and if H518 ye have dealt H6213 well H2896 with H5973 Jerubbaal H3378 and H5973 his house, H1004 and H518 have done H6213 unto him according to the deserving H1576 of his hands; H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - And ye H859 are risen up H6965 against H5921 my father's H1 house H1004 this day, H3117 and have slain H2026 his sons, H1121 threescore and ten H7657 persons, H376 upon H5921 one H259 stone, H68 and have made H4427➔ Abimelech, H40 the son H1121 of his maidservant, H519 king ➔H4427 over H5921 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 because H3588 he H1931 is your brother;) H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - If H518➔ ye H6213➔ then ➔H518 have dealt ➔H6213 truly H571 and sincerely H8549 with H5973 Jerubbaal H3378 and with H5973 his house H1004 this H2088 day, H3117 then rejoice ye H8055 in Abimelech, H40 and let H8055➔ him H1931 also H1571 rejoice ➔H8055 in you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - But if H518 not, H369 let H3318➔ fire H784 come out ➔H3318 from Abimelech, H40 and devour H398 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 and H853 the house H1004 of Millo; H4407 and let H3318➔ fire H784 come out ➔H3318 from the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 and from the house H1004 of Millo, H4407 and devour H398 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - And H1272➔ Jotham H3147 ran away, ➔H1272 and fled, H5127 and went H3212 to Beer, H876 and dwelt H3427 there, H8033 for fear H6440 of Abimelech H40 his brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22 - When H7786➔ Abimelech H40 had reigned ➔H7786 three H7969 years H8141 over H5921 Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - Then H7971➔ God H430 sent ➔H7971 an H7307➔ evil H7451 spirit ➔H7307 between H996 Abimelech H40 and H996 the men H1167 of Shechem; H7927 and H898➔ the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 dealt treacherously ➔H898 with Abimelech: H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - That H935➔ the cruelty H2555 done to H7657➔ the H1121➔ threescore and ten ➔H7657 sons ➔H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 might come, ➔H935 and their blood H1818 be laid H7760 upon H5921 Abimelech H40 their brother, H251 which H834 slew H2026 them; H853 and upon H5921 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 which H834 aided H2388 him H3027 in the killing H2026 of his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And H7760➔ the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 set ➔H7760 liers in wait H693 for him in H5921 the top H7218 of the mountains, H2022 and they robbed H1497 all H3605 that H834 came along H5674 that way H1870 by them: H5921 and it was told H5046 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out H3318 into the fields, H7704 and gathered H1219 their vineyards, H3754 and trode H1869 the grapes, and made H6213 merry, H1974 and went H935 into the house H1004 of their god, H430 and did eat H398 and drink, H8354 and cursed H7043 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And H559➔ Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said, ➔H559 Who H4310 is Abimelech, H40 and who H4310 is Shechem, H7927 that H3588 we should serve him? H5647 is not H3808 he the son H1121 of Jerubbaal? H3378 and Zebul H2083 his officer? H6496 serve H5647 the men H376 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem: H7927 for why H4069 should H5647➔ we H587 serve him? ➔H5647

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - And would to God H4310 this H2088 people H5971 were under H5414 my hand! H3027 then would I remove H5493 Abimelech. H40 And he said H559 to Abimelech, H40 Increase H7235 thine army, H6635 and come out. H3318

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto H413 Abimelech H40 privily, H8649 saying, H559 Behold, H2009 Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 and his brethren H251 be come H935 to Shechem; H7927 and, behold, they H2009 fortify H6696 the city H5892 against thee. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - And H6965➔ Abimelech H40 rose up, ➔H6965 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with him, H5973 by night, H3915 and they laid wait H693 against H5921 Shechem H7927 in H7218➔ four H702 companies. ➔H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - And H3318➔ Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 went out, ➔H3318 and stood H5975 in the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city: H5892 and H6965➔ Abimelech H40 rose up, ➔H6965 and the people H5971 that H834 were with him, H854 from H4480 lying in wait. H3993

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then said H559 Zebul H2083 unto him, H413 Where H346 is now H645 thy mouth, H6310 wherewith H834 thou saidst, H559 Who H4310 is Abimelech, H40 that H3588 we should serve him? H5647 is not H3808 this H2088 the people H5971 that H834 thou hast despised? H3988 go out, H3318 I pray H4994 now, H6258 and fight H3898 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And H3318➔ Gaal H1603 went out ➔H3318 before H6440 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 and fought H3898 with Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And H7291➔ Abimelech H40 chased him, ➔H7291 and he fled H5127 before him, H6440 and H5307➔ many H7227 were overthrown ➔H5307 and wounded, H2491 even unto H5704 the entering H6607 of the gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And H3427➔ Abimelech H40 dwelt ➔H3427 at Arumah: H725 and H1644➔ Zebul H2083 thrust out ➔H1644 Gaal H1603 and H853 his brethren, H251 that they should not dwell H3427 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42 - And it came to pass H1961 on the morrow, H4283 that H3318➔ the people H5971 went out ➔H3318 into the field; H7704 and they told H5046 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - And Abimelech, H40 and the company H7218 that H834 was with him, H5973 rushed forward, H6584 and stood H5975 in the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 of the city: H5892 and H8147➔ the H7218➔ two ➔H8147 other companies ➔H7218 ran H6584 upon H5921 all H3605 the people that H834 were in the fields, H7704 and slew them. H5221

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - And Abimelech H40 fought H3898 against the city H5892 all H3605 that H1931 day; H3117 and he took H3920 the city, H5892 and H853 slew H2026 the people H5971 that H834 was therein, and beat down H5422 the city, H5892 and sowed it H2232 with salt. H4417

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