Achish = "I will blacken (or terrify)" or "only a man"

1. Philistine king of Gath

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)

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away

1. (Qal)

   1. to go, pass through

   2. to flee

   3. to hasten, come quickly

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to pass through

   2. to cause to flee, put to flight

   3. to drive away

Gath = "winepress"

1. one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath

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

behold, lo, see, if

king

Maachah = "oppression"

1. father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign

2. father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors

3. a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David

4. son of Nahor by concubine Reumah

   proper feminine noun

5. daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom

6. daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah

7. concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron

8. wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh

9. wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon

   proper noun

Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)"

1. a mercenary people hired to fight David

to be conspicuous, tell, make known

1. (Hiphil) to tell, declare

   1. to tell, announce, report

   2. to declare, make known, expound

   3. to inform of

   4. to publish, declare, proclaim

   5. to avow, acknowledge, confess

      1. messenger (participle)

2. (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

slave, servant

1. slave, servant, man-servant

2. subjects

3. servants, worshippers (of God)

4. servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)

5. servant (of Israel)

6. servant (as form of address between equals)

end

1. end, at the end of (of time)

2. end (of space)

three, triad

1. 3, 300, third

Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"

1. a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David

2. a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon

3. the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David

4. son of Gershon and grandson of Levi

5. a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David

6. a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

7. a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

8. a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

9. a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel

10. a Simeonite, son of Zacchur

11. a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah

12. one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

13. one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

14. a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther

15. a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi

16. Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)