אָכִישׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H397

Achish — used 21 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Achish tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָכִישׁ: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. king of Gath 1 S 21:11, 12, 13, 15 + 15 textual 1 S 27–29 + 1 K 2:39, 40 (perh. cf. ܐܰܟܬܳܐ anger).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Achish (20); of Achish (1).

In the verses

1 Samuel 21:15 · tree →

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָכִ֖ישׁ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הִנֵּ֤ה תִרְאוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ לָ֛מָּה תָּבִ֥יאוּ אֹת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃

Word for word: and he.said Achish to servants his there! you.see a.man behaving.like.a.madman why? do.you.bring him to me

JPS 1917: Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?

1 Samuel 21:11 · tree →

וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּבְרַ֥ח בַּיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא מִפְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וַיָּבֹ֕א אֶל־אָכִ֖ישׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ גַּֽת׃

Word for word: and he.arose David and he.fled on the day (the) that from before Saul and he.went to Achish the.king of.Gath

JPS 1917: And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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