Word Study · Strong's H285 · Hebrew
אֲחִיטוּב
Achitub
akh-ee-toob'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂchîyṭûwb
“Achitub, the name of several priests”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Achitub, the name of several priests
Rendered in the KJV as
Ahitub.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- אֲחִיטֽוּב׃3
- אֲחִיט֛וּב2
- אֲחִיט֔וּב2
- וַאֲחִיטוּב֙2
- אֲחִט֡וּב1
- אֲחִט֔וּב1
- אֲחִטֽוּב׃1
- אֲחִיט֜וּב1
- אֲחִיט֑וּב1
- אֲחִיט֥וּב1
How it is rendered · 2
- Ahitub13
- and Ahitub2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)13
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 13
- HC/Npm · 2
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles7 of 15 · 47%
- 1 Samuel5 of 15 · 33%
- 2 Samuel1 of 15 · 7%
- Ezra1 of 15 · 7%
- Nehemiah1 of 15 · 7%
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1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 14:3אֲחִט֡וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.here: Ahitub
- 1 Samuel 22:9אֲחִטֽוּב׃ʾachituvproper noun (a name)But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.here: Ahitub
- 1 Samuel 22:11אֲחִיט֜וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.here: Ahitub
- 1 Samuel 22:12אֲחִיט֑וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.here: Ahitub
- 1 Samuel 22:20אֲחִט֔וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.here: Ahitub
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Chronicles7 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:7אֲחִיטֽוּב׃ʾachituvproper noun (a name)Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,here: Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 6:8וַאֲחִיטוּב֙vaachituvconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,here: and Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 6:11אֲחִיטֽוּב׃ʾachituvproper noun (a name)Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,here: Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 6:12וַאֲחִיטוּב֙vaachituvconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,here: and Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 6:52אֲחִיט֥וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,here: Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 9:11אֲחִיט֔וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;here: Ahitub
- 1 Chronicles 18:16אֲחִיט֛וּבʾachituvproper noun (a name)Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;here: Ahitub