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 Abimelech or Avimelech (אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ "father/leader of a king; my father/leader, a king", Standard Hebrew Aviméleḫ / Avimáleḫ, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĂḇîméleḵ / ʼĂḇîmāleḵ) was a common name of the Philistine kings, much as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings. 
  1. The name of a king of Gerar which is mentioned in two of the three stories of a wife confused for a sister.
  2. Abimelech (Judges), a son of Gideon (Judges 9:1), who was proclaimed king after the death of his father (Judges 8:33-9:6).
  3. The son of Abiathar, and high priest in the time of David (1 Chronicles 18:16). In the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 8:17, we have the name Ahimelech, and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech. This most authorities consider the more correct reading.
  4. The king of Gath, better known as Achish, as it appears in the title of Psalm 34. He's also referred to as Achimelech (See also 1 Samuel 21:10-15

suck ashley's boobs The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Bible, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early middle ages, beginning in the 8th century. ... The historic Philistines (see note Philistines below) were a people that inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pharaoh (Arabic فرعون ) (Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ); is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... In the Tanakh or Old Testament, Abimelech was a son of the great judge Gideon (Judges 9:1). ... Gideon (גִּדְעוֹן, Standard Hebrew GidÊ»on, Tiberian Hebrew Giḏʻôn), also known as Jerubbaal, is a character that appears in the Book of Judges, in the Bible. ... Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shofatim ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. ... Judges may refer to the Book of Judges in the Bible more than one judge. ... Abiathar (Heb. ... David and Goliath by Caravaggio, c. ... (Redirected from 1 Chronicles) The Book of Chronicles is a book in the Hebrew Bible (also see Old Testament). ... The Books of Samuel, also referred to as [The Book of] Samuel (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל), are (two) books in the Hebrew Bible (Judaisms Tanakh and originally writtten in Hebrew) and the Old Testament of Christianity. ... Gath (גת Hebrew: winepress), a common place name in ancient Israel and the surrounding regions. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... Achimelech may refer to one of several people: Achimelech was the priest of Nob who extended hospitality to David during his flight from the court of Saul. ... The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Shmuel ספר שמואל), are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaisms Hebrew Bible) and also of the Old Testament (of Christianity). ...



This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Eastons Bible Dictionary generally refers to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, by Matthew George Easton M.A., D.D. (1823-1894), published three years after Eastons death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. ...


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Abimelech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (386 words)
Abimelech or Avimelech (אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ "father/leader of a king; my father/leader, a king", Standard Hebrew Aviméleḫ / Avimáleḫ, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĂḇîméleḵ / ʼĂḇîmāleḵ) was a common name of the Philistine kings, much as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings.
Abimelech (Judges), a son of Gideon (Judges 9:1), who was proclaimed king after the death of his father (Judges 8:33-9:6).
Abimelech's name has three main translations, though none treats the name as being completely Hebrew, and all are slightly contorted.
Abimelech (Judges) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (268 words)
"Abimelech", a name claiming the inherited right to rule, was also a common name of the Philistine kings.
Abimelech ruled but three years in Shechem after the death of his father (Judges 8:33-9:6).
Perceiving that the wound was mortal, he desired his armor-bearer to thrust him through with his sword, that it might not be said he had perished by the hand of a woman (Judges 9:50-57).
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