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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"- king of Gerar in Abraham's time
- king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings
- son of Gideon by a concubine
- priest, son of Abiathar