# אֲכִישׁ (akhish)

Israeli respelling: a-khish. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H397. 20 Old Testament occurrences.

Akish, a Philistine king

King James renderings: Achish.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/akhish-h397

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 21:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/10) — And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
- [1 Samuel 21:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/11) — And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying…
- [1 Samuel 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/12) — And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
- [1 Samuel 21:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/21/14) — Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
- [1 Samuel 27:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/2) — And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
- [1 Samuel 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/3) — And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,…
- [1 Samuel 27:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/5) — And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell…
- [1 Samuel 27:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/6) — Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
- [1 Samuel 27:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/9) — And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and t…
- [1 Samuel 27:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/10) — And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites…
- [1 Samuel 27:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/27/12) — And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
- [1 Samuel 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/28/1) — And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said u…
- [1 Samuel 28:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/28/2) — And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mi…
- [1 Samuel 29:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/29/2) — And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
- [1 Samuel 29:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/29/3) — Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this Davi…
- [1 Samuel 29:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/29/6) — Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with m…
- [1 Samuel 29:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/29/8) — And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, t…
- [1 Samuel 29:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/29/9) — And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philis…
- [1 Kings 2:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/39) — And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And the…
- [1 Kings 2:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/40) — And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.