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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 20:2 - And Abraham H85 said H559 of his wife H802 Sarah H8283, “She is my sister H269.” So Abimelech H40 king H4428 of Gerar H1642 sent H7971 men and took H3947 Sarah H8283.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God H430 came H935 to Abimelech H40 in a dream H2472 of the night H3915, and said H559 to him, “Behold H2009, you are a dead H4191 man because H5921 of the woman H802 whom H834 you have taken H3947, for she is [fn]married H1167 H1166.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:4 - Now Abimelech H40 had not come H7126 near H7126 her; and he said H559, “Lord H136, will You kill H2026 a nation H1471, even H1571 though [fn]blameless H6662?

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So Abimelech H40 got H7925 up H7925 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 [fn]presence H241; and the people H376 were H3372 greatly H3966 frightened H3372.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Abraham H85 and said H559 to him, “What H4100 have you done H6213 to us? And [fn]how H4100 have I sinned H2398 against you, that you have brought H935 on me and on my kingdom H4467 a great H1419 sin H2401? You have done H6213 to me [fn]things H4639 that ought not to be done H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:10 - And Abimelech H40 said H559 to Abraham H85, “What H4100 have you [fn]encountered H7200, that you have done H6213 this H2088 thing H1697?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Abimelech H40 then took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198, and gave H5414 them to Abraham H85, and returned H7725 his wife H802 Sarah H8283 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - Abimelech H40 said H559, “Behold H2009, my land H776 is before H6440 you; [fn]settle H3427 wherever [fn]you please H2896 H5869.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Then Abraham H85 prayed H6419 to God H430, and God H430 healed H7495 Abimelech H40 and his wife H802 and his female H519 slaves H519, so that they gave H3205 birth H3205 to children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD H3068 had completely H6113 closed H6113 all H3605 the wombs H7358 of the household H1004 of Abimelech H40 because H5921 H1697 of Sarah H8283, Abraham’s H85 wife H802.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 at that time H6256 that Abimelech H40 and Phicol H6369, the commander H8269 of his army H6635, spoke H559 to Abraham H85, saying H559, “God H430 is with you in all H3605 that you do H6213;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham H85 [fn]complained H3198 to Abimelech H40 because H5921 H182 of the well H875 of water H4325 which H834 the servants H5650 of Abimelech H40 had seized H1497.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And Abimelech H40 said H559, “I do not know H3045 who H4310 has done H6213 this H2088 thing H1697; you did not tell H5046 me, nor H1571 H3808 did I hear H8085 of it [fn]until H1115 today H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 -

So Abraham H85 took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and gave H5414 them to Abimelech H40, and the two H8147 of them made H3772 a covenant H1285.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - Then Abimelech H40 said H559 to Abraham H85, “What H4100 do these H428 seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 mean, which H834 you have set H5324 by H905 themselves H905?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they made H3772 a covenant H1285 at Beersheba H884; and Abimelech H40 and Phicol H6369, the commander H8269 of his army H6635, got H6965 up H6965 and returned H7725 to the land H776 of the Philistines H6430.

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Now there was a famine H7458 in the land H776, besides H4480 H905 the previous H7223 famine H7458 that had occurred H1961 in the days H3117 of Abraham H85. So Isaac H3327 went H1980 to Gerar H1642, to Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - Now it came H1961 about H1961, when H3588 he had been there H8033 a long H748 time H3117, that Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430 looked H8259 down H8259 through H1157 a window H2474, and saw H7200 them, and behold H2009, Isaac H3327 was caressing H6711 his wife H802 Rebekah H7259.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech H40 called H7121 Isaac H3327 and said H559, “Behold H2009, she certainly H389 is your wife H802! So how H349 is it that you said H559, ‘She is my sister H269’?” And Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Because H3588 I thought H559, ‘otherwise H6435 I might H6435 be killed H4191 on H5921 account H5921 of H5921 her.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech H40 said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 that you have done H6213 to us? One H259 of the people H5971 might easily H4592 have slept H7901 with your wife H802, and you would have brought H935 guilt H817 upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech H40 commanded H6680 all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559, “He who touches H5060 this H2088 man H376 or his wife H802 will certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - Then Abimelech H40 said H559 to Isaac H3327, “Go H1980 away from us, for you are H6105 [fn]too H3966 powerful H6105 for us.”

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Then Abimelech H40 came H1980 to him from Gerar H1642 [fn]with his adviser H4828 Ahuzzath H276, and Phicol H6369 the commander H8269 of his army H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine H6370 who H834 was in Shechem H7927 also H1571 bore H3205 him a son H1121, and he [fn]named H8034 H7760 him Abimelech H40.

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Now Abimelech H40 the son H1121 of [fn]Jerubbaal H3378 went H1980 to Shechem H7927, to his mother’s H517 relatives H251, and spoke H1696 to them and to the entire H3605 family H4940 of the household H1004 of his mother’s H517 father H1, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - So his mother’s H517 relatives H251 spoke H1696 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 on H5921 his behalf H5921 in the hearing H241 of all H3605 the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927; and [fn]they were inclined H5186 to follow H310 Abimelech H40, for they said H559, “He is our relative H251.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave H5414 him seventy H7657 pieces of silver H3701 from the house H1004 of Baal-berith H1170, with which H1992 Abimelech H40 hired H7936 worthless H7386 and reckless H6348 men H376, and they followed H1980 H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - All H3605 the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 and all H3605 [fn]Beth-millo H1037 assembled H622 together, and they went H1980 and made H4427 Abimelech H40 king H4428, by the [fn]oak H436 of the memorial H4676 stone H4676 which H834 was in Shechem H7927.

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“Now H6258 then, if H518 you have acted H6213 with [fn]honesty H571 and integrity H8549 in making H4427 Abimelech H40 king H4427, and if H518 you have dealt H6213 well H2896 with Jerubbaal H3378 and his house H1004, and [fn]have dealt H6213 with him [fn]as he deserved H1576 H3027—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but in fact you have risen H6965 against H5921 my father’s H1 house H1004 today H3117 and have killed H2026 his sons H1121, seventy H7657 men H376, on one H259 stone H68, and have made H4427 Abimelech H40, the son H1121 of his female H519 slave H519, king H4427 over H5921 the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927, because H3588 he is your relative H251—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - so if H518 you have acted H6213 with [fn]honesty H571 and integrity H8549 toward Jerubbaal H3378 and his house H1004 this H2088 day H3117, be H8055 joyful H8055 about Abimelech H40, and may he also H1571 be H8055 joyful H8055 about you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - “But if H518 not, may fire H784 come H3318 out H3318 of Abimelech H40 and consume H398 the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 and [fn]Beth-millo H1037; and may fire H784 come H3318 out H3318 of the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 and from [fn]Beth-millo H1037, and consume H398 Abimelech H40.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - Then Jotham H3147 escaped H5127 and fled H1272, and went H1980 to Beer H876; and he stayed H3427 there H8033 because H4480 H6440 of his brother H251 Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22

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Now Abimelech H40 ruled H8323 over H5921 Israel H3478 for three H7969 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence H2555 [fn]done to the seventy H7657 sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 would come H935, and the responsibility for their blood H1818 would be placed H7760 on their brother H251 Abimelech H40, who H834 killed H2026 them, and on the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927, who H834 [fn]encouraged H2388 H3027 him to kill H2026 his brothers H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - The [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 set H7760 up H7760 men H693 in H693 ambush H693 against him on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022, and they robbed H1497 everyone H3605 who H834 would pass H5674 by them on the road H1870; and it was reported H5046 to Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - So they went H3318 out H3318 to the field H7704 and gathered H1219 the H1219 grapes H1219 of their vineyards H3754 and trampled H1869 them, and held H6213 a festival H1974; and they went H935 into the house H1004 of their god H430, and ate H398 and drank H8354 and cursed H7043 Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said H559, “Who H4310 is Abimelech H40, and who H4310 is Shechem H7927, that we should serve H5647 him? Is he not the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378, and is Zebul H2083 not his governor H6496? Serve H5647 the men H376 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927; but why H4069 should we serve H5647 him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:29 - “[fn]If H4310 H5414 only H4310 H5414 this H2088 people H5971 were under my authority H3027! Then I would do H5493 away H5493 with H5493 Abimelech H40.” And he said H559 to Abimelech H40, “Enlarge H7235 your army H6635 and come H3318 out H3318!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - So using deception H8649, he successfully sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Abimelech H40, saying H559, “Behold H2009, Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 and his relatives H251 have come H935 to Shechem H7927; and behold H2009, they are [fn]stirring H6696 up H6696 the city H5892 against H5921 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34

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So Abimelech H40 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him got H6965 up H6965 at night H3915, and lay H693 in H693 wait H693 against H5921 Shechem H7927, in four H702 [fn]units H7218.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:35 - Now Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 went H3318 out H3318 and stood H5975 at the entrance H6607 of the city H5892 gate H8179; and Abimelech H40 and the people H5971 who H834 were with him arose H6965 from the ambush H3993.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul H2083 said H559 to him, “Where H346 then H645 is your [fn]boasting H6310 with which H834 you said H559, ‘Who H4310 is Abimelech H40 that we should serve H5647 him?’ Is this H2088 not the people H5971 whom H834 you rejected H3988? Go H3318 out H3318 now H6258 and fight H3898 them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal H1603 went H3318 out H3318 [fn]in the sight H6440 of the [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 and fought H3898 Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - But Abimelech H40 chased H7291 him, and he fled H5127 from him; and many H7227 fell H5307 wounded H2491 up to the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Then Abimelech H40 stayed H3427 in Arumah H725, but Zebul H2083 drove H1644 out H1644 Gaal H1603 and his relatives H251 so H4480 that H4480 they could not H4480 stay H3427 in Shechem H7927.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 the next H4283 day H4283, that the people H5971 went H3318 out H3318 to the field H7704, and it was reported H5046 to Abimelech H40.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Then Abimelech H40 and the [fn]company H7218 who H834 was with him rushed H6584 forward H6584 and stood H5975 at the entrance H6607 of the city H5892 gate H8179; the other two H8147 [fn]companies H7218 then attacked H6584 H5921 all H3605 who H834 were in the field H7704 and killed H5221 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - Abimelech H40 fought H3898 against the city H5892 that whole H3605 day H3117, and he captured H3920 the city H5892 and killed H2026 the people H5971 who H834 were in it; then he tore H5422 down H5422 the city H5892 and sowed H2232 it with salt H4417.

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