STRONGS NUMBER H288


Word Summary
Achimelek: "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Original Word: אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
Transliteration: Achimelek
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-meh'-lek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Meaning: Ahimelech -- "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Strong's Concordance
Ahimelech

From 'ach and melek; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite -- Ahimelech.

see HEBREW 'ach

see HEBREW melek

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H288. Achimelek

אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְproper name, masculine (brother of Melek, Phoenician חמלכת חמלך,‎; see also אחיהו‎ above)

1 priest in Saul's (David's) time 1 Samuel 21:2 (twice in verse); 21:3; 21:9; 22:14, 16 (אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ1 Chronicles 24:31; Psalm 52:2 = (title); son of Ahitub 1 Samuel 22:9, 11 (compare12); 22:20; father of Abiathar 23:6; 30:7; so also 2 Samuel 8:17 ᵑ6‎ Ew We Th Dr; where אחימ ׳בןאֿביתר ᵑ0‎; whence id. wrongly 1 Chronicles 24:6, compare 24:4 (׳אֲח אִיתָמָר מִבְּנֵי‎) & 18:16 (where read ׳אֲח‎ for ׳אֲב‎).

2 a Hittite 1 Samuel 26:6.