ʼEbyâthâr — H54

H54 · Hebrew — אביתר

Pronunciation: ab-yaw-thawr'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ebjathar, an Israelite

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

Usually translated as

Abiathar

Origin

contracted from H1 and H3498; father of abundance (i.e. liberal)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼEbyâthâr occurs 30 times in 28 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (9), 1 Kings (9), 1 Chronicles (4)

Strong's Lexicon — E