Achimelek means “Ahimelech” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G288 — ampelos (“vine”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H288 אֲחִימֶלֶך (Achiymelek) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Achiymelek (akh-ee-meh'-lek) n/p. 1. brother of (the) king 2. Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite It has 15 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include ahimelech, king, king's, brother, and ahimelech's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Achiymelek (akh-ee-meh'-lek) n/p. 1. brother of (the) king 2. Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite [from H251 and H4428] KJV: Ahimelech. Root(s): H251, H4428
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H288. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Ahimelech
Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.3; son of: Ahitub (H0285); father of: Abiathar (H0054); also called Ahijah (KJV: Ahiah) at 1Sa.14.3,18; Also named: a.chiy.yah (אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ "Ahijah" H0281O) § Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek" 1) a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David 2) a Hittite warrior under David
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Achiymelek, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H288.
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
Then 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.
And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H288, grouped by book.
Achimelek (Strong's H288) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ahimelech". Achiymelek (akh-ee-meh'-lek) n/p. 1. brother of (the) king 2. Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H288 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H288 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ahimelech, king, king's, brother, and ahimelech's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.