H0288I
אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ
Ahimelech
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.17; son of: Abiathar (H0054); brother of: Jonathan (H3083I) Also named: a.vi.me.lekh (אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ "Ahimelech" H0040J) § Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek" 1) a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David 2) a Hittite warrior under David
The KJV translates H0288 in the following manner:
Ahimelech (32x), Ahimelech’s (2x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (brother of Melek, Phoenician חמלך, חמלכת; see also אחיהו above)
1. priest in Saul's (David's) time 1Sam 21:2 (twice in verse); 1Sam 21:3; 1Sam 21:9; 1Sam 22:14; 1Sam 22:16 (אֲחִימֶ֑לֶךְ 1Chr 24:31; Ps 52:2 = (title); son of Ahitub 1Sam 22:9; 1Sam 22:11 (compare12); 1Sam 22:20 father of Abiathar 1Sam 23:6; 1Sam 30:7 so also 2Sam 8:17 ᵑ6 Ew We Th Dr; where ᵑ0 ׳בןאֿביתר אחימ; whence id. wrongly 1Chr 24:6, compare v1Chr 24:4 (מִבְּנֵי אִיתָמָר ׳אֲח) & 1Chr 18:16 (where read ׳אֲח for ׳אֲב).
2. a Hittite 1Sam 26:6.
4 occurrences
II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (3)