Ahimelech • אֲחִימֶלֶךְ • H0288

Lexical Definition

‎אֲחִימֶלֶךְ‎ ʼĂchîymelek (akh-ee-meh'-lek) Ahimelech ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָח‎ and ‎מֶלֶךְ‎; brother of (the) king

Ahimelech.

1) a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David
2) a Hittite warrior under David

Usage: 2 forms in 18 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
Αχιμελέκ	Ahimelech	LXX.1Chr.24.6
Αχιμέλεχ	Abimelech	LXX.1Chr.18.16
	Ahimelech	LXX.1Sam.21.1 • LXX.1Sam.21.2 • LXX.1Sam.21.6 • LXX.1Sam.21.8 • LXX.1Sam.22.9 • LXX.1Sam.22.11 • LXX.1Sam.26.6 • LXX.2Sam.8.17 • LXX.1Chr.24.3 • LXX.1Chr.24.31
	Ahimelech answered	LXX.1Sam.22.14
	Ahimelech is startled	LXX.1Sam.21.1
	Ahimelech should die	LXX.1Sam.22.16
	of Ahimelech	LXX.1Sam.22.20 • LXX.1Sam.23.6 • LXX.1Sam.30.7

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

1. priest in Saul's (David's) time 1Sam 21:2* (twice in verse); 1Sam 21:3*; 1Sam 21:9*; 1Sam 22:14; 1Sam 22:16 (‎אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ‎ 1Chr 24:31; Ps 52:2* = (title); son of Ahitub 1Sam 22:9; 1Sam 22:11 (compare12); 1Sam 22:20 father of Abiathar 1Sam 23:6; 1Sam 30:7 so also 2Sam 8:17 ᵑ6 Ew We Th Dr; where ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎בןאֿביתר אחימ‎; whence id. wrongly 1Chr 24:6, compare v1Chr 24:4 (‎מִבְּנֵי אִיתָמָר‎ ‎׳‎‎אֲח‎) & 1Chr 18:16 (where read ‎׳‎‎אֲח‎ for ‎׳‎‎אֲב‎).

2. a Hittite 1Sam 26:6.

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