{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H288",
  "lemma": "אֲחִימֶלֶךְ",
  "transliteration": "ʼĂchîymelek",
  "definition": "Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite",
  "kjv": "Ahimelech.",
  "occurrences": 17,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H251",
      "lemma": "אָח",
      "transliteration": "ʼâch",
      "meaning": "a brother",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H251"
    },
    {
      "id": "H4428",
      "lemma": "מֶלֶךְ",
      "transliteration": "melek",
      "meaning": "a king",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4428"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (brother of Melek)",
    "1. priest in Saul’s (Dvd’s) time",
    "2. a Hittite"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 21:2",
      "text": "Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 21:3",
      "text": "David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 21:9",
      "text": "David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 22:9",
      "text": "Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 22:11",
      "text": "Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 22:14",
      "text": "Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 22:16",
      "text": "The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 22:20",
      "text": "One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:6",
      "text": "When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 26:6",
      "text": "Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=6"
    }
  ],
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