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

owner, husband, lord

1. owner

2. a husband

3. citizens, inhabitants

4. rulers, lords

5. (noun of relationship used to characterise - ie, master of dreams)

6. lord (used of foreign gods)

Gaal = "loathing"

1. son of Eved who aided the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech

to go out, come out, exit, go forth

1. (Qal)

   1. to go or come out or forth, depart

   2. to go forth (to a place)

   3. to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something)

   4. to come or go forth (with purpose or for result)

   5. to come out of

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out

   2. to bring out of

   3. to lead out

   4. to deliver

3. (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

to fight, do battle, make war

1. (Qal) to fight, do battle

2. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

(Qal) to eat, use as food

face

1. face, faces

2. presence, person

3. face (of seraphim or cherubim)

4. face (of animals)

5. face, surface (of ground)

6. as adv of loc/temp

   1. before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

7. with prep

   1. in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"

1. son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival

   proper locative noun

2. a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria