Bible Names

Achish: meaning of the name

Achish means “thus it is; how is this.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Achish in Hebrew and Greek

אֲכִישׁ H397

ʼĂkîysh (aw-keesh') — Akish, a Philistine king

of uncertain derivation;

Who named Achish in the Bible

Achish in Scripture

“Achish” appears in 20 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Samuel 21:10

    And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Samuel 21:11

    And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

  • 1 Samuel 21:12

    And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Samuel 21:14

    Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

  • 1 Samuel 27:2

    And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

  • 1 Samuel 27:3

    And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

  • 1 Samuel 27:5

    And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

  • 1 Samuel 27:6

    Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.