# H397 אֲכִישׁ

אֲכִישׁ (ʼĂkîysh), Strong’s H397: Akish, a Philistine king KJV: Achish.. Occurs 21 times.

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*ʼĂkîysh* — Akish, a Philistine king

KJV: Achish.

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָכִישׁ n.pr.m. king of Gath

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 21:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=11) — David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
- [1 Samuel 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=12) — The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him…
- [1 Samuel 21:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=13) — David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
- [1 Samuel 21:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=15) — Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
- [1 Samuel 27:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/27?v=2) — David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
- [1 Samuel 27:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/27?v=3) — David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam…
- [1 Samuel 27:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/27?v=5) — David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the…
- [1 Samuel 27:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/27?v=6) — Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
- [1 Samuel 27:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/27?v=9) — David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels…
- [1 Samuel 27:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/27?v=10) — Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of…