H40Proper name, a person67 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 20:2אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
- Judges 8:31אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
- 2 Samuel 11:21אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
- 1 Chronicles 18:16וַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
- Psalm 34:0אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.