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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

H40

Transliteration: ʼĂbîymelek

Pronunciation: ab-ee-mel'-ek

Definition: Abimelech


Original: אבימלך

Transliteration: 'ăbı̂ymelek

Phonetic: ab-ee-mel'-ek

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: from H1" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1 and H4428" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4428

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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