King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H40
Transliteration: Abimelek
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-mel'-ek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "father is king", a Philistine name, also an Israelite name
Meaning: Abimelech -- "father is king", a Philistine name, also an Israelite name
Word Summary
Abimelek: "father is king", a Philistine name, also an Israelite name
Original Word: אֲבִימֶלֶךְTransliteration: Abimelek
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-mel'-ek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "father is king", a Philistine name, also an Israelite name
Meaning: Abimelech -- "father is king", a Philistine name, also an Israelite name
Strong's Concordance
Abimelech From 'ab and melek; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites -- Abimelech.
see HEBREW 'ab
see HEBREW melek
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H40. Abimelek
אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (Melek (= Malik, Molech) is father) — אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 20:18 +?
1 king of Gerar Genesis 20:2-3, 4 +, 21:22, 25 (twice in verse) +, 26:1, 8 + (24 t. Genesis).
2 king of Gath Psalm Genesis 34:1 error for אָכִישׁ, compare 1 Samuel 21:11 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; 9:1, 3, 4 +, 10:1 (40 t. Judges), 2 Samuel 11:21.
4 priest, son of Abiathar 1 Chronicles 18:16 error for אֲחִימֶלֶח q. v. (Sabean also
proper name, feminine OsianderZMG 1865, 209).