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אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
Achimelek
akh-ee-meh'-lek
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂchîymelek
“Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
Rendered in the KJV as
Ahimelech.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ2
- אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ2
- אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְ1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ1
- לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Ahimelech8
- and Ahimelech4
- to Ahimelech2
- O Ahimelech1
- of Ahimelech1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)9
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 9
- HC/Npm · 4
- HR/Npm · 3
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel12 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 21:1אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 21:1אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 21:2לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְlaachimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.here: to Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 21:8לַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְlaachimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”here: to Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 22:9אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 22:11אֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)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.here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 22:14אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 22:16אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”here: O Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 22:20לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙laachimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.here: of Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 23:6אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 26:6אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.here: Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 30:7אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,here: Ahimelech
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 24:3וַאֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְvaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.here: and Ahimelech
- 1 Chronicles 24:6וַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙vaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.here: and Ahimelech
- 1 Chronicles 24:31וַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְvaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Ahimelech