ʻAttay — H6262

Definition

masculine proper noun

Attai, the name of three Israelites

1. Attai = "opportune"
2. a Judaite, grandson of Sheshan the Jerahmeelite by daughter Ahlai whom he gave in marriage to Jarha, his Egyptian slave; his grandson Zabad was one of David's mighty warriors
3. one of the lion-faced warriors of Gad, captains of the host, who joined David in the wilderness
4. the 2nd son of king Rehoboam of Judah by Maachah, the daughter of Absalom

Usually translated as

Attai

Origin

for H6261

• ʻittîy (H6261)

Occurrences

ʻAttay occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Chronicles 2:35 — And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai (עַתָּֽי).
• 1 Chronicles 2:36 — And Attai (וְעַתַּי֙) begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
• 1 Chronicles 12:11 — Attai (עַתַּי֙) the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
• 2 Chronicles 11:20 — And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai (עַתַּ֔י), and Ziza, and Shelomith.