Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H54
אֶבְיָתָר
Ebyatharab-yaw-thawr'
Abiathar
30 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼEbyâthâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H54is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H54
Ebjathar, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Abiathar.
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
Ebyathar is rendered "Abiathar". It stands 30 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Ten of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 22:20But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
1 Samuel 22:20אֶבְיָתָ֑ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's thirty 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
- Abiathar17
- and Abiathar5
- and to Abiathar5
- and for Abiathar1
- of Abiathar1
- to Abiathar1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 30, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 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
- אֶבְיָתָ֖ר3
- וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר3
- אֶבְיָתָ֑ר2
- אֶבְיָתָ֣ר2
- אֶבְיָתָ֛ר2
- אֶבְיָתָ֥ר2
- אֶבְיָתָ֔ר2
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר2
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣ר2
- אֶבְיָתָ֧ר1
- אֶבְיָתָ֤ר1
- אֶבְיָתָר֙1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)17HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)6HC/R/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
1 Samuel
seven uses
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
- אֶבְיָתָ֑רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
- אֶבְיָתָ֖רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
- לְאֶבְיָתָ֗רleevyatarpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Abiathar
(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
- אֶבְיָתָ֧רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
- אֶבְיָתָ֣רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
- אֶבְיָתָ֤רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
- אֶבְיָתָ֛רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
2 Samuel
ten uses
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- אֶבְיָתָ֖רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.
- אֶבְיָתָ֑רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
- אֶבְיָתָ֛רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.
- וְאֶבְיָתָ֛רveevyatarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abiathar
Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
- וְאֶבְיָתָ֖רveevyatarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abiathar
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖רuleevyatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Abiathar
Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
- לְאֶבְיָתָ֑רleevyatarpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Abiathar
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.
- אֶבְיָתָר֙ʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
- אֶבְיָתָ֥רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- וְאֶבְיָתָ֖רveevyatarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abiathar
1 Kings
nine uses
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
- אֶבְיָתָ֣רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָר֙uleevyatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Abiathar
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣רuleevyatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Abiathar
As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
- אֶבְיָתָ֥רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֣רuleevyatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and for Abiathar
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֨רuleevyatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Abiathar
So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
- אֶבְיָתָ֔רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- אֶבְיָתָֽר׃ʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- וְאֶבְיָתָ֖רveevyatarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abiathar
1 Chronicles
four uses
David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
- וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖רuleevyatarconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Abiathar
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
- אֶבְיָתָ֖רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
- אֶבְיָתָ֔רʾevyatarproper noun (a name)tagged: Abiathar
Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.
- וְאֶבְיָתָ֔רveevyatarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Abiathar
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.