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Genesis 20:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 said ויאמר

H85 And Abraham אברהם

H413 of אל

H8283 Sarah שׂרה

H802 his wife אשׁתו

H269 is my sister אחתי

H1931 She הוא

H7971 sent וישׁלח

H40 and Abimelech אבימלך

H4428 king מלך

H1642 Gerar גרר

H3947 and took ויקח

H853 את

H8283 Sarah שׂרה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H85 Abraham

H559 said

H413 of

H8283 Sarah

his

H802 wife

H1931 She

H269 sister

and

H40 Abimelech

H4428 king

H413 of

H1642 Gerar

H7971 sent

and

H3947 took

H8283 Sarah

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H40

Hebrew: אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

Transliteration: ʼĂbîymelek

Pronunciation: ab-ee-mel'-ek

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Abimelech.

Definition:

father of (the) king; {Abimelek} the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites

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

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906