{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H40",
  "lemma": "אֲבִימֶלֶךְ",
  "transliteration": "ʼĂbîymelek",
  "definition": "Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites",
  "kjv": "Abimelech.",
  "occurrences": 67,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1",
      "lemma": "אָב",
      "transliteration": "ʼâb",
      "meaning": "father",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1"
    },
    {
      "id": "H4428",
      "lemma": "מֶלֶךְ",
      "transliteration": "melek",
      "meaning": "a king",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4428"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ n.pr.m. (Melek (= Malik, Molech) is father)",
    "1. king of Gerar",
    "2. king of Gath",
    "3. son of Gideon",
    "4. priest, son of Abiathar"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:2",
      "text": "Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:3",
      "text": "But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:4",
      "text": "Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:8",
      "text": "Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:9",
      "text": "Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:10",
      "text": "Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:14",
      "text": "Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:15",
      "text": "Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:17",
      "text": "Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:18",
      "text": "For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=18"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H40",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}