King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H288
Transliteration: Achimelek
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-meh'-lek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Meaning: Ahimelech -- "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Word Summary
Achimelek: "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Original Word: אֲחִימֶלֶךְTransliteration: Achimelek
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-meh'-lek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Meaning: Ahimelech -- "brother of a king", an Israelite name, also a Hittite name
Strong's Concordance
Ahimelech From 'ach and melek; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite -- Ahimelech.
see HEBREW 'ach
see HEBREW melek
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H288. Achimelek
אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (brother of Melek, Phoenician חמלכת חמלך,; see also אחיהו above)
1 priest in Saul's (David's) time 1 Samuel 21:2 (twice in verse); 21:3; 21:9; 22:14, 16 (אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ 1 Chronicles 24:31; Psalm 52:2 = (title); son of Ahitub 1 Samuel 22:9, 11 (compare12); 22:20; father of Abiathar 23:6; 30:7; so also 2 Samuel 8:17 ᵑ6 Ew We Th Dr; where אחימ ׳בןאֿביתר ᵑ0; whence id. wrongly 1 Chronicles 24:6, compare 24:4 (׳אֲח אִיתָמָר מִבְּנֵי) & 18:16 (where read ׳אֲח for ׳אֲב).
2 a Hittite 1 Samuel 26:6.