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Strong's #302 - אֲחִיתֹפֶל

Transliteration

ʼĂchîythôphel

Phonetics

akh-ee-tho'-fel

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H251) and (H8602)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Ahithophel = “my brother is foolish (folly)”

1) a counsellor of David, grandfather of Bathsheba (compare 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 23:34), who joined Absalom in revolt against David, and committed suicide when Absalom did not heed his counsel

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (20)

2 Samuel 18

1 Chronicles 2

NAS (20)

2 Samuel 18

1 Chronicles 2

HCS (20)

2 Samuel 18

1 Chronicles 2

BSB (20)

2 Samuel 18

1 Chronicles 2

ESV (20)

2 Samuel 18

1 Chronicles 2

WEB (20)

2 Samuel 18

1 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל proper name, masculine ( my brother is folly?) David's trusted & traitorous counsellor 2 Samuel 15:12,31 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 16:15,20,21,23 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:1,6,7,14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:15; 2 Samuel 21:23; 2 Samuel 23:34; 1 Chronicles 27:33,34.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֲחִיתֹפֶל (“brother of folly”), [Ahithophel], pr.n. of a friend of king David, who conspired against him with Absalom, -2 Sa. 1517.

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List of Word Forms

אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶל אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ אֲחִיתֹ֥פֶל אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃ אחיתפל אחיתפל׃ וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל ואחיתפל ’ă·ḥî·ṯō·p̄el ’ăḥîṯōp̄el achiTofel vaachiTofel wa’ăḥîṯōp̄el wa·’ă·ḥî·ṯō·p̄el