Abimelech
uh-BIM-eh-lek
Hebrew
Boy
In the King James Bible
- Meaning
- My father is king; Father of the king
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Is it in the Bible?
- Yes — Abimelech appears in the King James Bible, including Judges 9:53.
- First appears in
- Genesis — The patriarchs
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Abimelech's bramble-king story warns that when worthy leaders refuse responsibility, unworthy ones seize it. Illegitimate power always ends in destruction — for the ruler and those around him.
- King James verses
- Judges 9:53
"And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull."
- Judges 9:53