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HebrewH0288Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ

a.chi.me.lekh

12Occurrences
H0288Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite

from H251 (אָח) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); brother of (the) king;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Ahitub (H0285); father of: Abiathar (H0054); also called Ahijah (KJV: Ahiah) at ; Also named: a.chiy.yah (*אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ *"Ahijah" H0281O) § Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek" 1) a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting ) a Hittite warrior under David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
8
1 Chronicles
3
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 24:3BSB

With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.

1 Chronicles 24:31BSB

As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

1 Samuel 22:11BSB

Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.

1 Samuel 22:16BSB

But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

1 Samuel 23:6BSB

(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.