Etymology?:
from ʾāv אָב ‘father’ and melex מֶ֫לֶךְ ‘king’
Roots:
אב
מלך
ʾăvīmelex pr n m pers
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
Mentioned in Genesis 20:2, 20:3, 20:4, 20:8, 20:9, 20:10, 20:14, 20:15, 20:17, 20:18, 21:22, 21:25, 21:26, 21:27, 21:29, 21:32, 26:1, 26:8, 26:9, 26:10, 26:11, 26:16, 26:26 Judges 9:1, 9:18, 9:28, 9:56, 8:31, 9:3, 9:4, 9:6, 9:16, 9:19, 9:20, 9:21, 9:22, 9:23, 9:24, 9:25, 9:27, 9:29, 9:31, 9:34, 9:35, 9:38, 9:39, 9:40, 9:41, 9:42, 9:44, 9:45, 9:47, 9:48, 9:49, 9:50, 9:52, 9:53, 9:55, 10:1 2 Samuel 11:21 Psalms 34:1 1 Chronicles 18:16