Definition

Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites

Etymology

from H1 (אָב) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); father of (the) king;

Where the KJV renders it

• Abimelech

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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