ʼĂchîythôphel — H302

Definition

masculine proper noun

Achithophel, an Israelite

1. Ahithophel = "my brother is foolish (folly)"
2. a counsellor of David, grandfather of Bathsheba (cf 2Sa 11:3, 23:34), who joined Absalom in revolt against David, and committed suicide when Absalom did not heed his counsel

Usually translated as

Ahithophel

Origin

from H251 and H8602; brother of folly

• Derived from ʼâch (H251)
• Derived from Tâphêl (H8602)

Occurrences

ʼĂchîythôphel occurs 20 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (15), 1 Chronicles (2)

• 2 Samuel 15:12 — And Absalom sent for Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל) the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֥פֶל) is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
• 2 Samuel 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל) into foolishness.
• 2 Samuel 15:34 — But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל).
• 2 Samuel 16:15 — And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel (וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל) with him.
• 2 Samuel 16:20 — Then said Absalom to Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל), Give counsel among you what we shall do.
• 2 Samuel 16:21 — And Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙) said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
• 2 Samuel 16:23 — And the counsel of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶל), which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 16:23 — And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל) both with David and with Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 17:1 — Moreover Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל) said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
• 2 Samuel 17:6 — And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל) hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
• 2 Samuel 17:7 — And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל) hath given is not good at this time.
• 2 Samuel 17:14 — And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל). For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 17:14 — And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙), to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 17:15 — Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙) counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
• 2 Samuel 17:21 — And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל) counselled against you.
• 2 Samuel 17:23 — And when Ahithophel (וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל) saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• 2 Samuel 23:34 — Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל) the Gilonite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:33 — And Ahithophel (וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל) was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:
• 1 Chronicles 27:34 — And after Ahithophel (אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶל) was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.