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Lexicon :: Strong's H302 - 'ăḥîṯōp̄el

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אֲחִיתֹפֶל
Transliteration
'ăḥîṯōp̄el
Pronunciation
akh-ee-tho'-fel
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִיתֹפֶל ʼĂchîythôphel, akh-ee-tho'-fel; from H251 and H8602; brother of folly; Achithophel, an Israelite:—Ahithophel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H302 in the following manner: Ahithophel (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H302 in the following manner: Ahithophel (20x).

  1. Ahithophel = "my brother is foolish (folly)"

    1. a counsellor of David, grandfather of Bathsheba (cf 2Sa 11:3, 23:34), who joined Absalom in revolt against David, and committed suicide when Absalom did not heed his counsel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִיתֹפֶל ʼĂchîythôphel, akh-ee-tho'-fel; from H251 and H8602; brother of folly; Achithophel, an Israelite:—Ahithophel.
STRONGS H302: Abbreviations
† אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל proper name, masculine (my brother is folly?) David's trusted & traitorous counsellor 2 Samuel 15:12, 31 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 16:15, 20, 21, 23 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:1, 6, 7, 14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:15, 21, 23; 2 Samuel 23:34; 1 Chronicles 27:33, 34.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

15:12; 15:31; 15:34; 16:15; 16:20; 16:21; 16:23; 17:1; 17:6; 17:7; 17:14; 17:15; 17:21; 17:23; 23:34

1 Chronicles

27:33; 27:34

H302

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H302 matches the Hebrew אֲחִיתֹפֶל ('ăḥîṯōp̄el),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for[fn] Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1 - Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:6 - And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, “Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained[fn] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, “Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:34 - Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. Joab was commander of the king’s army.
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