Strong H288H288Hאֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ
Ahimelech
One of the 3 senses of Strong H288
- Transliteration
- 'ăchîymelek
- Pronunciation
- akh-ee-meh'-lek
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Sa.26.6
Meaning of the name
Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek"
General definition
In the biblical story
Ahimelech
Son of Ahitub, a Hittite warrior who joined David
Ahimelech the Hittite was one of David's warriors who accompanied him to Saul's camp while Saul was pursuing David. (1Sa.26.6)
In the Bible
Strong H288H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ahimelech1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 26:6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.