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Lexicon :: Strong's H285 - 'ăḥîṭûḇ

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אֲחִיטוּב
Transliteration
'ăḥîṭûḇ
Pronunciation
akh-ee-toob'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִיטוּב ʼĂchîyṭûwb, akh-ee-toob'; from H251 and H2898; brother of goodness; Achitub, the name of several priests:—Ahitub.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H285 in the following manner: Ahitub (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H285 in the following manner: Ahitub (15x).

  1. Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"

    1. a grandson of Eli

    2. the father of Zadok the priest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִיטוּב ʼĂchîyṭûwb, akh-ee-toob'; from H251 and H2898; brother of goodness; Achitub, the name of several priests:—Ahitub.
STRONGS H285: Abbreviations
† אֲחִיטוּב proper name, masculine (my brother is goodness)
1. grandson of Eli 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Chronicles 5:33 [1 Chronicles 6:7]; 1 Chronicles 5:34 [1 Chronicles 6:8]; 1 Chronicles 5:37 [1 Chronicles 6:11]; 1 Chronicles 5:38 [1 Chronicles 6:12]; father of Ahimelech 1 Samuel 22:9, 20 (אֲחִטוּב) 1 Samuel 22:11; 1 Samuel 22:12 (on identity of person see Be 1 Chronicles 5:33 [1 Chronicles 6:7]).
2. father of Zadok 2 Samuel 8:17 (＝1 Chronicles 18:16), but We reads Ahim son of Ahitub; 1 Chronicles 5:37 [1 Chronicles 6:11]; Ezra 7:2; grandfather of Zadok 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11 (on all compare We on the passage)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:3; 22:9; 22:11; 22:12; 22:20

2 Samuel

8:17

1 Chronicles

6:7; 6:7; 6:8; 6:11; 6:11; 6:12; 9:11; 18:16

Ezra

7:2

Nehemiah

11:11

H285

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H285 matches the Hebrew אֲחִיטוּב ('ăḥîṭûḇ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub.” And he answered, “Here I am, my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:7 - Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:8 - Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:11 - Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:12 - Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:52 - Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:11 - and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:2 - son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:11 - Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,
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