אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.vi.me.lekh) means “Abimelech” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ab-ee-mel'-ek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ · a.vi.me.lekh · Abimelech
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.20.2 § 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
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אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ · a.vi.me.lekh · Abimelech
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.8.31; son of: Gideon (H1439); brother of: Jether (H3500) and Jotham (H3147) § 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
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אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ · a.vi.me.lekh · Abimelech
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.21.10; son of: Maoch (H4582); also called Abimelech (NIV: Abimelek) at Psa.34.1; Another name of a.khish (אָכִישׁ "Achish" H0397) § 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
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אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ · a.vi.me.lekh · Ahimelech
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.17; son of: Abiathar (H0054); brother of: Jonathan (H3083I) Another spelling of a.chi.me.lekh (אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ "Ahimelech" H0288I) § 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
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from H1 (אָב) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
KJV glosses: Abimelech.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
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| abimelech | 30 |
| so abimelech | 4 |
| then abimelech | 4 |
| to abimelech | 4 |
| abimelechs | 2 |
| and abimelech | 2 |
| is abimelech | 2 |
| now abimelech | 2 |
| after abimelech | 1 |
| against abimelech | 1 |
| and ahimelech | 1 |
| and when abimelech | 1 |
| and you have made abimelech | 1 |
| but abimelech | 1 |
| from abimelech | 1 |
| he | 1 |
| in abimelech | 1 |
| in abimelechs | 1 |
| in making abimelech | 1 |
| just as abimelech | 1 |
| later abimelech | 1 |
| of abimelech | 1 |
| to him | 1 |
| to treat abimelech | 1 |
| when abimelech | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and abimelech | 20 |
| abimelech | 17 |
| of abimelech | 3 |
| that abimelech | 3 |
| then abimelech | 3 |
| to abimelech | 2 |
| unto abimelech | 2 |
| with abimelech | 2 |
| and have made abimelech | 1 |
| between abimelech | 1 |
| but abimelech | 1 |
| from abimelech | 1 |
| in that ye have made abimelech | 1 |
| them unto abimelech | 1 |
| therefore abimelech | 1 |
| upon abimelech | 1 |
| upon abimelechs | 1 |
| when abimelech | 1 |
| wherewith abimelech | 1 |
| which abimelechs | 1 |
| with him and abimelech | 1 |
| ye in abimelech | 1 |
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Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Read word by wordOne night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Read word by wordNow Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
Read word by wordEarly the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
Read word by wordThen Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
Read word by wordAbimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
Read word by wordSo Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
Read word by wordAnd Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
Read word by wordThen Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
Read word by wordfor on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Read word by wordAt that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
Read word by wordBut when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
Read word by wordAbimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
Read word by wordSo Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
Read word by wordand Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
Read word by wordAfter they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
Read word by wordNow there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Read word by wordWhen Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Read word by wordAbimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
Read word by word“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
Read word by wordSo Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
Read word by wordThen Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Read word by wordLater, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
Read word by wordHis concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
Read word by wordNow Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
Read word by wordAnd when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
Read word by wordSo they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
Read word by wordThen all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
Read word by wordNow if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
Read word by wordbut you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
Read word by wordif you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.
Read word by wordBut if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
Read word by wordThen Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
Read word by wordAfter Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
Read word by wordGod sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
Read word by wordin order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
Read word by wordThe leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
Read word by wordAnd after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
Read word by wordThen Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
Read word by wordIf only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
Read word by wordSo he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
Read word by wordSo Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
Read word by wordNow Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
Read word by word“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
Read word by wordSo Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
Read word by wordbut Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
Read word by wordAbimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
Read word by wordThe next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
Read word by wordThen Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
Read word by wordAnd all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
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