Lexical Summary Achimelek: "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name Original Word: אֲחִימֶלֶךְTransliteration: 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 אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper 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 (אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ 1 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. |
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