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Strong's #54 - אֶבְיָתָר

Transliteration

ʼEbyâthâr

Phonetics

eb-yaw-thawr'

Origin

contracted from (H1) and (H3498)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Abiathar = "my father is great"
1. priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

BSB (29)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

CSB (28)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

ESV (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

KJV (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

LEB (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

LSB (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

N95 (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

NAS (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (30)

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 4

ASV (30)

abiathar 2

abiathar's 1

and abiathar 11

and it came to pass, when abiathar 1

and to abiathar 2

and unto abiathar 1

and with abiathar 1

even for him, and for abiathar 1

in the room of abiathar 1

of abiathar 5

therefore and abiathar 1

to abiathar 2

unto abiathar 1

BSB (29)

abiathar 6

and abiathar 9

and for abiathar 1

as well as abiathar 1

in abiathar''s 1

of abiathar 5

so abiathar 1

son of abiathar 1

then by abiathar 1

to abiathar 2

was abiathar 1

CSB (28)

abiathar 25

abiathar's 3

ESV (30)

abiathar 29

abiathar's 1

KJV (30)

abiathar 29

abiathar's 1

LEB (30)

abiathar 14

and abiathar 9

and ask for him also abiathar 1

of abiathar 1

so abiathar 1

to abiathar 2

was abiathar 1

when abiathar 1

LSB (30)

abiathar 29

abiathar's 1

N95 (30)

abiathar 29

abiathar's 1

NAS (30)

abiathar 29

abiathar's 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (30)

abiathar 4

and abiathar 9

and to abiathar 2

and with abiathar 1

in the place of abiathar 1

of abiathar 5

therefore and abiathar 1

to abiathar 4

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֶבְיָתָר proper name, masculine ( the Great One is father (?) so Bä^{Rel. 156}, compare Sabean ותר) a priest, son of Ahimelech 1 Samuel 22:20,21,22; 1 Samuel 23:6,9; 1 Samuel 30:7 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:17 (read בןאֿחמלך׳אב so ᵑ6 We Dr) + 22t. 2 Samuel , 1 Kings , 1Chronicles.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶבְיָתָר (“father of plenty,” for אַבְיָחָר), [Abiathar], pr.n. of a son of Ahimelech the priest, very closely joined in friendship to David, on whom, together with Zadok, the high priesthood was bestowed by David, of which he was deprived by Solomon, 1 Samuel 22:20, sqq.; 23:6 30:7 2 Samuel 15:24 as to the passage, 2 Samuel 8:17, see אֲחִימֶלֶךְ.

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List of Word Forms

אֶבְיָתָ֑ר אֶבְיָתָ֔ר אֶבְיָתָ֖ר אֶבְיָתָ֛ר אֶבְיָתָ֣ר אֶבְיָתָ֤ר אֶבְיָתָ֥ר אֶבְיָתָ֧ר אֶבְיָתָֽר׃ אֶבְיָתָר֙ אביתר אביתר׃ וְאֶבְיָתָ֔ר וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר וְאֶבְיָתָ֛ר וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣ר וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֨ר וּלְאֶבְיָתָר֙ ואביתר ולאביתר לְאֶבְיָתָ֑ר לְאֶבְיָתָ֗ר לאביתר ’eḇ·yā·ṯār ’eḇyāṯār evyaTar lə’eḇyāṯār lə·’eḇ·yā·ṯār leevyaTar ū·lə·’eḇ·yā·ṯār ūlə’eḇyāṯār uleevyaTar veevyaTar wə’eḇyāṯār wə·’eḇ·yā·ṯār