Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H288
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
Achimelekakh-ee-meh'-lek
Ahimelech
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĂchîymelek
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H288is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H288
Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
The King James renders it: Ahimelech.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Achimelek is rendered "Ahimelech". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 21:1Then 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?”
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
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?”
1 Samuel 21:1אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's sixteen uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ahimelech8
- and Ahimelech4
- to Ahimelech2
- O Ahimelech1
- of Ahimelech1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲחִידָה | achidah | riddle | Uses1 |
| אֲחִירָמִי | Achirami | Ahiramite | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ2
- אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְ2
- אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ1
- אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְ1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙1
- וַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ1
- לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)9HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3HR/Npm
1 Samuel
twelve uses
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?”
- אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
- אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
“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.
- לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְlaachimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Ahimelech
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.”
- לַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְlaachimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Ahimelech
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.
- אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
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.
- אֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
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?
- אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
- אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: O Ahimelech
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
- לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙laachimelekhpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Ahimelech
(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
- אֲחִימֶ֛לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
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.
- אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
- אֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְʾachimelekhproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahimelech
2 Samuel
one use
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְvaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahimelech
1 Chronicles
three uses
With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
- וַאֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְvaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahimelech
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.
- וַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙vaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahimelech
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.
- וַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְvaachimelekhconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahimelech
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.