Strong's H40 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek)

Pronunciation: ab-ee-mel'-ek

Morphology: n-pr-m

Derivation: from אָב (ʼâb) [H1] and מֶלֶךְ (melek) [H4428]; father of (the) king;

Definition: Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites

KJV Renderings: Abimelech.

Senses

1. Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king"
2. king of Gerar in Abraham's time
3. king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings
4. son of Gideon by a concubine
5. priest, son of Abiathar

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.