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Genesis 20:4
“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʼĂbîymelek · ab-ee-mel'-ek
H40 · Hebrew
H40 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
- Derivation
- from H1 (אָב) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); father of (the) king;
- KJV renderings
- Abimelech.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 67 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:2Genesis 20:3Genesis 20:8Genesis 20:9Genesis 20:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲבִימֶלֶךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.