Word Study · Strong's H290 · Hebrew
אֲחִימַעַץ
Achimaats
akh-ee-mah'-ats
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂchîymaʻats
“Achimaats, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Achimaats, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Ahimaaz.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- אֲחִימַ֣עַץ2
- אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙2
- אֲחִימַ֤עַץ1
- אֲחִימַ֗עַץ1
- אֲחִימַ֡עַץ1
- אֲחִימַ֖עַץ1
- אֲחִימַ֥עַץ1
- אֲחִימָ֑עַץ1
- אֲחִימָֽעַץ׃1
- וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ1
- וַאֲחִימַ֜עַץ1
- וַאֲחִימַ֤עַץ1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Ahimaaz10
- and Ahimaaz4
- [are] Ahimaaz1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)11
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 11
- HC/Npm · 4
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel10 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 15:27וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץvaachimaatzconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.here: and Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 15:36אֲחִימַ֣עַץʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”here: Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 17:17וַאֲחִימַ֜עַץvaachimaatzconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.here: and Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 17:20אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.here: [are] Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 18:19וַאֲחִימַ֤עַץvaachimaatzconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”here: and Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 18:22אֲחִימַ֤עַץʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”here: Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 18:23אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.here: Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 18:27אֲחִימַ֣עַץʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”here: Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 18:28אֲחִימַ֗עַץʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”here: Ahimaaz
- 2 Samuel 18:29אֲחִימַ֡עַץʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”here: Ahimaaz
1 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:8אֲחִימָֽעַץ׃ʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,here: Ahimaaz
- 1 Chronicles 6:9וַאֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙vaachimaatzconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Johanan,here: and Ahimaaz
- 1 Chronicles 6:53אֲחִימַ֥עַץʾachimaatzproper noun (a name)Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.here: Ahimaaz