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

Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

to, toward, unto (of motion)

into (limit is actually entered)

1. in among

toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)

against (motion or direction of a hostile character)

in addition to, to

concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of

according to (rule or standard)

at, by, against (of one's presence)

in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone

1. separation, alone, by itself

   1. only (adv)

   2. apart from, besides (prep)

2. part

3. parts (eg limbs, shoots), bars

Gerar = "a lodging place"

1. a Philistine town south of Gaza, modern 'Umm'

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

to go, walk, come

1. (Qal)

   1. to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

   2. to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

2. (Hiphil) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

Isaac = "he laughs"

1. son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau

king

Philistine = "immigrants"

1. an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan

first, primary, former

1. former (of time)

   1. ancestors

   2. former things

2. foremost (of location)

3. first (in time)

4. first, chief (in degree)

   adverb

first, before, formerly, at first

famine, hunger

1. famine (in land, nation)

   1. of Jehovah's word (fig)

2. hunger (of individuals)