Given name · Hebrew
אבימלך
“father (of)”·“king”
אבימלך (Avimélekh) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Avimélekh.
Meaning & origin
What it means
אבימלך is built from elements meaning “father (of)” and “king”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Hebrew אֲבִי (aví, “father (of)”) + מֶלֶךְ (mélekh, “king”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
אבימלך’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, אבימלך can be written in the Roman alphabet as Avimélekh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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