Word Study · Strong's H397 · Hebrew
אֲכִישׁ
Akish
aw-keesh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂkîysh
“Akish, a Philistine king”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Akish, a Philistine king
Rendered in the KJV as
Achish.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- אָכִ֥ישׁ4
- אָכִ֖ישׁ3
- אָכִישׁ֙3
- אָכִ֔ישׁ3
- אָכִ֗ישׁ2
- אָכִ֜ישׁ2
- אָכִֽישׁ׃2
- אָכִ֛ישׁ1
- אָכִישׁ֮1
How it is rendered · 1
- Achish21
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How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)21
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- HNpm · 21
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Where this word lives
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1 Samuel19 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 21:10אָכִ֖ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 21:11אָכִישׁ֙ʾakhishproper noun (a name)But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 21:12אָכִ֥ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 21:14אָכִ֖ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:2אָכִ֥ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:3אָכִ֥ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:5אָכִ֗ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:6אָכִ֛ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:9אָכִֽישׁ׃ʾakhishproper noun (a name)Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:10אָכִ֔ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 27:12אָכִ֖ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 28:1אָכִישׁ֙ʾakhishproper noun (a name)Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 28:2אָכִ֔ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 28:2אָכִישׁ֙ʾakhishproper noun (a name)David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 29:2אָכִֽישׁ׃ʾakhishproper noun (a name)As the Philistine leaders marched out their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 29:3אָכִ֜ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 29:6אָכִ֜ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 29:8אָכִ֗ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”here: Achish
- 1 Samuel 29:9אָכִישׁ֮ʾakhishproper noun (a name)Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’here: Achish
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:39אָכִ֥ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”here: Achish
- 1 Kings 2:40אָכִ֔ישׁʾakhishproper noun (a name)So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.here: Achish