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Hebrew - English Dictionary

H40 - Abimelech

Strong's No.:H40

Hebrew:אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

Transliteration:ʼĂbîymelek

Phonetic:ab-ee-mel'-ek

Word Origin:From H1 and H4428

Bible Usage:Abimelech.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

father of (the) king; {Abimelek} the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

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


Bible References:
Abimelech

Translation
Occurrences:
Abimelech ( 65 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.