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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 - Abraham H85 said H559 of Sarah H8283 his wife, H802 “She is my sister.” H269 So Abimelech H40 king H4428 of Gerar H1642 sent H7971 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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - So Abimelech H40 arose 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 hearing; H241 and the men H376 were greatly H3966 frightened. H3372

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:9

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

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

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 restored 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 - Abraham H85 prayed H6419 to God, H430 and God H430 healed H7495 Abimelech H40 and his wife H802 and his maids, H519 so that they bore H3205 children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD H3068 had closed H6113 fast 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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:22 - Now it came H1961 about 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 - 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 H571 H3808 did I hear H8085 of it [fn]until H1115 today.” H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - 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 - 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 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 arose H6965 and returned H7725 to the land H776 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - 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 - It came H1961 about, when H3588 he had been there H8033 a long H748 time, H3117 that Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430 looked H8259 out through H1157 a window, H2474 and saw, H7200 and behold, H2009 Isaac H3327 was caressing H6711 his wife H802 Rebekah. H7259

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech H40 charged H6680 all H3605 the people, H5971 saying, H559 “He who touches H5060 this H2088 man H376 or his wife H802 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to 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 [fn]too H3966 powerful H6105 for us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:26 - 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 - 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech H40 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 went H1980 to Shechem H7927 to his mother’s H517 [fn]relatives, H251 and spoke H1696 to them and to the whole H3605 clan 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 - And his mother’s H517 [fn]relatives H251 spoke H1696 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 on his behalf H5921 in the hearing H241 of all H3605 the leaders H1167 of Shechem; H7927 and [fn]they were inclined H5186 to follow H310 Abimelech, H40 for they said, H559 “He is our [fn]relative.” H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - 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 fellows, H376 and they followed H1980 H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - All H3605 the men 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 pillar H5324 which H834 was in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - “Now H6258 therefore, if H518 you have dealt H6213 in [fn]truth 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 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 maidservant, H519 king H4427 over H5921 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 because H3588 he is your [fn]relative H251—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - if H518 then you have dealt H6213 in [fn]truth H571 and integrity H8549 with Jerubbaal H3378 and his house H1004 this H2088 day, H3117 rejoice H8055 in Abimelech, H40 and let him also H1571 rejoice H8055 in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - “But if H518 not, let fire H784 come H3318 out from Abimelech H40 and consume H398 the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 and [fn]Beth-millo; H1037 and let fire H784 come H3318 out from the men 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 remained H3427 there H8033 because H4480 H6440 of Abimelech H40 his brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:22 - Now Abimelech H40 ruled H8323 over H5921 Israel H3478 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 men H1167 of Shechem; H7927 and the men 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 might come, H935 and their blood H1818 might be laid H7760 on Abimelech H40 their brother, H251 who H834 killed H2026 them, and on the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 who H834 strengthened H2388 his hands H3027 to kill H2026 his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - They went H3318 out into the field H7704 and gathered H1219 the grapes of their vineyards H3754 and trod H1869 them, and held H6213 a [fn]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 [fn]lieutenant? 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]Would, H4310 H5414 therefore, that this H2088 people H5971 were under my authority! H3027 Then I would remove H5493 Abimelech.” H40 And he said H559 to Abimelech, H40 “Increase H7235 your army H6635 and come H3318 out.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech H40 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him arose H6965 by night H3915 and lay H693 in wait H693 against H5921 Shechem H7927 in four H702 [fn]companies. 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 and stood H5975 in 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 is your [fn]boasting H6310 now H645 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 despised? H3988 Go H3318 out now H6258 and fight H3898 with them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - Abimelech H40 chased H7291 him, and he fled H5127 before H4480 H6440 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 remained H3427 at Arumah, H725 but Zebul H2083 drove H1644 out Gaal H1603 and his [fn]relatives H251 so H4480 that they could not remain H3427 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:42 - Now it came H1961 about the next H4283 day, H4283 that the people H5971 went H3318 out to the field, H7704 and it was told H5046 to Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

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

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