ʼĂbîymelek — H40

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites

1. Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king"
2. king of Gerar in Abraham's time
3. king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings
4. son of Gideon by a concubine
5. priest, son of Abiathar

Usually translated as

Abimelech

Origin

from H1 and H4428; father of (the) king

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from Melek (H4428)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîymelek occurs 66 times in 61 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (23), Judges (36), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 20:2 — And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙) king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
• Genesis 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ) in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
• Genesis 20:4 — But Abimelech (וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ) had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
• Genesis 20:8 — Therefore Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ) rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
• Genesis 20:9 — Then Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ) called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
• Genesis 20:10 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ) said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
• Genesis 20:14 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ) took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
• Genesis 20:15 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ) said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
• Genesis 20:17 — So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ), and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
• Genesis 20:18 — For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ), because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
• Genesis 21:22 — And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ) and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
• Genesis 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ) because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
• Genesis 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s (אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ) servants had violently taken away.
• Genesis 21:26 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ) said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
• Genesis 21:27 — And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech (לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ); and both of them made a covenant.
• Genesis 21:29 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ) said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
• Genesis 21:32 — Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ) rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
• Genesis 26:1 — And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech (אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ) king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
• Genesis 26:8 — And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙) king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
• Genesis 26:9 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ) called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
• Genesis 26:10 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ) said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
• Genesis 26:11 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ) charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
• Genesis 26:16 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ) said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
• Genesis 26:26 — Then Abimelech (וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ) went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
• Judges 8:31 — And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech (אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ).
• Judges 9:1 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ) the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
• Judges 9:3 — And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ); for they said, He is our brother.
• Judges 9:4 — And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ) hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
• Judges 9:6 — And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ) king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
• Judges 9:16 — Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king (אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ), and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
• Judges 9:18 — And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ), the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
• Judges 9:19 — If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech (בַּאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ), and let him also rejoice in you:
• Judges 9:20 — But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech (מֵאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ), and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
• Judges 9:20 — But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech (אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ).
• Judges 9:21 — And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ) his brother.
• Judges 9:22 — When Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ) had reigned three years over Israel,
• Judges 9:23 — Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ) and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
• Judges 9:23 — Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech (בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ):
• Judges 9:24 — That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ) their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
• Judges 9:25 — And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech (לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ).
• Judges 9:27 — And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech (אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ).
• Judges 9:28 — And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ), and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
• Judges 9:29 — And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ). And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
• Judges 9:29 — And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech (לַאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ), Increase thine army, and come out.
• Judges 9:31 — And he sent messengers unto Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ) privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
• Judges 9:34 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ) rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
• Judges 9:35 — And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ) rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
• Judges 9:38 — Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ), that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
• Judges 9:39 — And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech (בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ).
• Judges 9:40 — And Abimelech (אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ) chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.