# אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (avimelekh) Israeli respelling: a-vi-me-lekh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H40. 62 Old Testament occurrences. Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites King James renderings: Abimelech. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/avimelekh-h40 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 20:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/2) — And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. - [Genesis 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/3) — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for s… - [Genesis 20:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/4) — But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? - [Genesis 20:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/8) — Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore… - [Genesis 20:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/9) — Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me… - [Genesis 20:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/10) — And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? - [Genesis 20:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/14) — And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. - [Genesis 20:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/15) — And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. - [Genesis 20:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/17) — So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. - [Genesis 20:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/18) — For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife. - [Genesis 21:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/22) — And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in… - [Genesis 21:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/25) — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. - [Genesis 21:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/26) — And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. - [Genesis 21:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/27) — And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. - [Genesis 21:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/29) — And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? - [Genesis 21:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/32) — Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land… - [Genesis 26:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/1) — And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Phil… - [Genesis 26:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/8) — And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behol… - [Genesis 26:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/9) — And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him,… - [Genesis 26:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/10) — And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have b… - [Genesis 26:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/11) — And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. - [Genesis 26:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/16) — And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. - [Genesis 26:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/26) — Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. - [Judges 8:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/31) — And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. - [Judges 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/1) — And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house… - [Judges 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/3) — And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech… - [Judges 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/4) — And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, whi… - [Judges 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/6) — And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar tha… - [Judges 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/16) — Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his h… - [Judges 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/18) — And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made… - [Judges 9:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/19) — If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoic… - [Judges 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/20) — But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of… - [Judges 9:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/21) — And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. - [Judges 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/22) — When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, - [Judges 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/23) — Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: - [Judges 9:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/24) — That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which s… - [Judges 9:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/25) — And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it… - [Judges 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/27) — And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god… - [Judges 9:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/28) — And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul hi… - [Judges 9:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/29) — And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. - [Judges 9:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/31) — And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they… - [Judges 9:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/34) — And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. - [Judges 9:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/35) — And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with… - [Judges 9:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/38) — Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people… - [Judges 9:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/39) — And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. - [Judges 9:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/40) — And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. - [Judges 9:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/41) — And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. - [Judges 9:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/42) — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. - [Judges 9:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/44) — And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other comp… - [Judges 9:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/45) — And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and… - [Judges 9:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/47) — And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. - [Judges 9:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/48) — And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a b… - [Judges 9:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/49) — And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon t… - [Judges 9:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/50) — Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. - [Judges 9:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/52) — And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. - [Judges 9:53](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/53) — And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull. - [Judges 9:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/55) — And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. - [Judges 9:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/56) — Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: - [Judges 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/10/1) — And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount… - [2 Samuel 11:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/21) — Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? wh… - [1 Chronicles 18:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/18/16) — And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; - [Psalms 34:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/34/1) — I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.