ʼĂchîyṭûwb — H285

Definition

masculine proper noun

Achitub, the name of several priests

1. Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"
2. a grandson of Eli
3. the father of Zadok the priest

Usually translated as

Ahitub

Origin

from H251 and H2898; brother of goodness

• Derived from ʼâch (H251)
• Derived from Ṭûwb (H2898)

Occurrences

ʼĂchîyṭûwb occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (7), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Samuel 14:3 — And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub (אֲחִט֡וּב), I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
• 1 Samuel 22:9 — Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub (אֲחִטֽוּב).
• 1 Samuel 22:11 — Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub (אֲחִיט֜וּב), and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
• 1 Samuel 22:12 — And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub (אֲחִיט֑וּב). And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
• 1 Samuel 22:20 — And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub (אֲחִט֔וּב), named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
• 2 Samuel 8:17 — And Zadok the son of Ahitub (אֲחִיט֛וּב), and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
• 1 Chronicles 6:7 — Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub (אֲחִיטֽוּב),
• 1 Chronicles 6:8 — And Ahitub (וַאֲחִיטוּב֙) begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
• 1 Chronicles 6:11 — And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub (אֲחִיטֽוּב),
• 1 Chronicles 6:12 — And Ahitub (וַאֲחִיטוּב֙) begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
• 1 Chronicles 6:52 — Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub (אֲחִיט֥וּב) his son,
• 1 Chronicles 9:11 — And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub (אֲחִיט֔וּב), the ruler of the house of God;
• 1 Chronicles 18:16 — And Zadok the son of Ahitub (אֲחִיט֛וּב), and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
• Ezra 7:2 — The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub (אֲחִיטֽוּב),
• Nehemiah 11:11 — Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub (אֲחִיט֔וּב), was the ruler of the house of God.