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Abimelech(2)
son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in Shechem (JDG 8:31) who killed his brothers
Profile
- Name
- Abimelech
- Gender
- male
- Tribe
- Manasseh
- Description
- son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in Shechem (JDG 8:31) who killed his brothers
Names & Labels (1)
Abimelechproper name
- Hebrew
- אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
- Transliteration
- aviymelekh
- Meaning
- [my] father is king or [my] father is Molech
- Greek
- Αβιμελεχ
- Reference
- JDG 8:31
- Strong's
- H40
Notes
Killed his 70 brothers (JDG 9:5). Mortally wounded by a millstone dropped by a woman (JDG 9:53) but killed by his armor bearer for honor (JDG 9:54).