Then the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
sent
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
to call
qara' (kaw-raw')
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Ahimelech
'Achiymelek (akh-ee-meh'-lek)
brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite -- Ahimelech.
the priest
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
the son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Ahitub
'Achiytuwb (akh-ee-toob')
brother of goodness; Achitub, the name of several priests -- Ahitub.
and all his father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
the priests
kohen (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
that were in Nob
Nob (nobe)
fruit; Nob, a place in Palestine -- Nob.
and they came
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
all of them to the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
