Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H302
אֲחִיתֹפֶל
Achithophelakh-ee-tho'-fel
Ahithophel
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĂchîythôphel
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H302is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H302
Achithophel, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Ahithophel.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Achithophel is rendered "Ahithophel". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Eighteen of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
2 Samuel 15:12אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eighteen of the word's twenty uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ahithophel17
- and Ahithophel3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲחִידָה | achidah | riddle | Uses1 |
| אֲחִירָמִי | Achirami | Ahiramite | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל4
- אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙3
- אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל2
- אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶל2
- אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל2
- אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃2
- וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל2
- אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל1
- אֲחִיתֹ֥פֶל1
- וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)17HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3HC/Npm
2 Samuel
eighteen uses
While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
- אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- אֲחִיתֹ֥פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
- אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
- אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃ʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
- וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלvaachitofelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahithophel
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
- אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
- אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
- אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
- אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
- אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
- אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
- אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
- אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
- אֲחִיתֹֽפֶל׃ʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- וַאֲחִיתֹ֣פֶלvaachitofelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahithophel
Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
- אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
1 Chronicles
two uses
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
- וַאֲחִיתֹ֖פֶלvaachitofelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahithophel
Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.
- אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶלʾachitofelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahithophel
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.