Ahijah
אֲחִיָּ֫הוּStrong’s H0288achiyyah (a-chiy-yah)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achiyyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ahimelech” and “o ahimelech”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?”
Meaning
- Grandson of Phinehas
- Scribe of Solomon
- A prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes
- Father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne
- Grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above)
- A Benjamite, son of Ehud
- One of David's heroes
- A Levite during David's time
- A priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David
- A Hittite warrior under David
- King of Gerar in Abraham's time
- King of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings
- Son of Gideon by a concubine
- Priest, son of Abiathar
How it's translated
- ahimelech 9
- and ahimelech 4
- to ahimelech 2
- o ahimelech 1
- of ahimelech 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 11
- 1 Chronicles 3
- 2 Samuel 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 21:2And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
- 1 Samuel 21:8And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.
- 1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
- 1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
- 1 Samuel 22:16And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ achiyyah · Ahijah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.3; son of: Ahitub (H0285); father of: Abiathar (H0054); also called Ahijah (KJV: Ahiah) at 1Sa.14.3,18; Another name of a.chi.me.lekh (אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ "Ahimelech" H0288G) § Ahiah or Ahijah = "brother of Jehovah (Yahu)" 1) grandson of Phinehas 2) scribe of Solomon 3) a prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes 4) father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne 5) grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above) 6) a Benjamite, son of Ehud 7) one of David's heroes 8) a Levite during David's time …
אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ achimelekh · Ahimelech
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Sa.26.6 § 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
אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ avimelekh · Ahimelech
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.17; son of: Abiathar (H0054); brother of: Jonathan (H3083I) Another spelling of a.chi.me.lekh (אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ "Ahimelech" H0288I) § Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king" 1) king of Gerar in Abraham's time 2) king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings 3) son of Gideon by a concubine 4) priest, son of Abiathar
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.