King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H288 - Ahimelech

Strong's No.:	H288

Hebrew:	אֲחִימֶלֶךְ

Transliteration:	ʼĂchîymelek

Phonetic:	akh-ee-meh'-lek

Word Origin:	From H251 and H4428

Bible Usage:	Ahimelech.

Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine

Strongs Definition:	brother of (the) king; {Achimelek} the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek" 1. a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David 2. a Hittite warrior under David

Bible References: Ahimelech	1 Sam 21:1 1 Sam 21:1 1 Sam 21:2 1 Sam 21:8 1 Sam 22:9 1 Sam 22:11 1 Sam 22:14 1 Sam 22:16 1 Sam 22:20 1 Sam 23:6 1 Sam 26:6 1 Sam 30:7 2 Sam 8:17 1 Chr 24:3 1 Chr 24:6 1 Chr 24:31 Ps 52:1

Translation Occurrences:	Ahimelech ( 17 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.