# H288 אֲחִימֶלֶךְ

אֲחִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂchîymelek), Strong’s H288: Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite KJV: Ahimelech.. Occurs 17 times.

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*ʼĂchîymelek* — Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite

KJV: Ahimelech.

Built from [אָח ʼâch](https://besorah.bible/word/H251) (a brother) + [מֶלֶךְ melek](https://besorah.bible/word/H4428) (a king) — means “brother of (the) king”

Occurs 17 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (brother of Melek)
- 1 priest in Saul’s (Dvd’s) time
- 2 a Hittite

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 21:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=2) — Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you…
- [1 Samuel 21:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=3) — David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know…
- [1 Samuel 21:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=9) — David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons…
- [1 Samuel 22:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=9) — Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to…
- [1 Samuel 22:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=11) — Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in…
- [1 Samuel 22:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=14) — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s…
- [1 Samuel 22:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=16) — The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
- [1 Samuel 22:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=20) — One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
- [1 Samuel 23:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=6) — When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
- [1 Samuel 26:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=6) — Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who…