achimelech · Ahimelech

What it means

achimelech (אֲחִימֶלֶךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ahimelech”.

The name of several men; best known is the priest of Nob who gave David bread and Goliath's sword and was killed by Saul's order (1 Samuel 21-22); also a Hittite companion of David (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my brother is king".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×12
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×3
• Psalms×1

• 1 Samuel 21:1

  David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”

• 1 Samuel 21:2

  David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter on which I am sending you and which I have commanded you.’ And the young men I have directed to such and such a place.

• 1 Samuel 21:8

  David said to Ahimelech, “And is there not here under your hand a spear or a sword? For I did not take either my sword or my weapons in my hand, because the king’s business was urgent.”

• 1 Samuel 22:9

  Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.

• 1 Samuel 22:11

  The king sent to summon Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.

• 1 Samuel 22:14

  Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is like David, faithful, and the king’s son-in-law, who comes at your orders, and honored in your house?

• 1 Samuel 22:16

  The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”

• 1 Samuel 22:20

  But one son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped, and his name was Abiathar; he fled after David.

• 1 Samuel 23:6

  When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, the ephod came down in his hand.

• 1 Samuel 26:6

  David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul, to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

• 1 Samuel 30:7

  David said to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, “Please bring near to me the ephod.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

• 2 Samuel 8:17

  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;

• 1 Chronicles 24:3

  David divided them, with Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

• 1 Chronicles 24:6

  Shemaiah son of Nethanel, the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them before the king and the chiefs and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father’s house taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 24:31

  They also cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites: the head of a fathers’ house just as his younger brother.

• Psalms 52:1

  For the director. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, mighty man? The loyal love of El is all the day.

And 1 more times.