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Genesis 26

Gen. 26:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Abimelech
'Abiymelek (Hebrew #40)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abimelech.
Pronounce: ab-ee-mel'-ek
Origin: from 1 and 4428
went
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
to him from Gerar
Grar (Hebrew #1642)
a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city
KJV usage: Gerar.
Pronounce: gher-awr'
Origin: probably from 1641
, and Ahuzzath
'Achuzzath (Hebrew #276)
possession; Achuzzath, a Philistine
KJV usage: Ahuzzath.
Pronounce: akh-ooz-zath'
Origin: a variation of 272
one of his friends
merea` (Hebrew #4828)
a friend
KJV usage: companion, friend.
Pronounce: may-ray'-ah
Origin: from 7462 in the sense of companionship
, and Phichol
Piykol (Hebrew #6369)
mouth of all; Picol, a Philistine
KJV usage: Phichol.
Pronounce: pee-kole'
Origin: apparently from 6310 and 3605
b the chief captain
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of his army
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
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Gen. 21:22• 22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: (Gen. 21:22)

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Gerar,
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Cross References

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Abimelech.
Gen. 20:3• 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. (Gen. 20:3)
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Gen. 21:22‑32• 22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
 23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
 24And Abraham said, I will swear.
 25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
 26And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
 27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
 28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
 29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
 30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
 31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
 32Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. (Gen. 21:22‑32)
Phichol.Phichol, as well as Abimelech, "father king," seems to have been a name of office or dignity among the Philistines; for it is not probable that they were the same as are mentioned in the days of Abraham (ch. 21:22, 32.)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.