ἈΒΙΜΕΛΕΧΟΝ, ἀβιμελεχον
ABIMELECHON, abimelechon
Sounds Like: ah-bee-MEH-lekh-on
Translations: Abimelech
From the root: ΑΒΙΜΕΛΕΧ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Abimelech was a common name or title for Philistine kings in the Old Testament, particularly mentioned in the books of Genesis and Judges. It means 'my father is king' or 'father of a king'. In the provided context, it refers to a specific individual who became king after Gideon.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0002 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:207
- Book 5 — 8:239, 8:240, 8:242
- Book 6 — 12:242, 12:254, 12:260, 12:268, 13:311, 14:378
- Book 7 — 7:142
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΒΙΜΕΛΕΧ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΒΙΜΕΛΕΧ — Abimelech
- ἈΒΙΜΕΛΕΧΩ — (to) Abimelech
- ΑΒΙΜΕΛΕΧ — Abimelech
- ΑΒΙΜΕΛΕΧʼ — Abimelech
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