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Lexicon :: Strong's H54 - 'eḇyāṯār

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אֶבְיָתָר
Transliteration
'eḇyāṯār
Pronunciation
ab-yaw-thawr'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from אָב (H1) and יָתַר (H3498)
Strong’s Definitions

אֶבְיָתָר ʼEbyâthâr, ab-yaw-thawr'; contracted from H1 and H3498; father of abundance (i.e. liberal); Ebjathar, an Israelite:—Abiathar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H54 in the following manner: Abiathar (30x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H54 in the following manner: Abiathar (30x).

  1. Abiathar = "my father is great"

    1. priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶבְיָתָר ʼEbyâthâr, ab-yaw-thawr'; contracted from H1 and H3498; father of abundance (i.e. liberal); Ebjathar, an Israelite:—Abiathar.
STRONGS H54: Abbreviations
אֶבְיָתָר proper name, masculine (the Great One is father (?) so BäRel. 156, compare Sabean ותר) a priest, son of Ahimelech 1 Samuel 22:20, 21, 22; 1 Samuel 23:6, 9; 1 Samuel 30:7 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:17 (read בן־אחמלך אב׳ so Syriac Version We Dr) + 22 times 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

22:20; 22:21; 22:22; 23:6; 23:9; 30:7

2 Samuel

8:17

H54

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H54 matches the Hebrew אֶבְיָתָר ('eḇyāṯār),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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 to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:21 - Abiathar told David that Saul had murdered the LORD’S priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. I have brought about the death of everyone in your father’s household (extended family).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 -

When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:7

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David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought him the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:17 - Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:24

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Now Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar [the priest] came up [and officiated] until all the people had finished passing from the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace [you and Abiathar], and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - So Zadok and Abiathar brought the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - “Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So it shall be that every word you hear from the king’s palace, you shall report it to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:36 - “Their two sons are there with them, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you hear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:15

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Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “This is the advice that Ahithophel gave to Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is the advice that I have given.

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Then King David sent word to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house [in Jerusalem], since the word of all Israel has come to the king, and to his house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:25 - Sheva was the scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - He had conferred with [fn]Joab the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister] and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - “He has sacrificed oxen and fattened steers and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army [to a feast], but he did not invite your servant Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “Because he has gone down today [to En-Rogel] and has sacrificed oxen and fattened steers and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest [to this feast]; and [right now] they are eating and drinking in his presence; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a valiant and trustworthy man and you bring good news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking for [fn]Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask the kingdom for him also—since he is my older brother—[ask it] for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah [his supporters]!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:26

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Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth to your own fields, for you [fn]certainly deserve to die; but I will not put you to death this day, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered everything that my father endured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon dismissed Abiathar [a descendant of Eli] from being priest to the LORD, fulfilling the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning the house (descendants) of Eli in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s place, and appointed Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:11

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Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites—Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests, and Shavsha was secretary (state scribe);

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, [fn]Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped Saul’s massacre at Nob], and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

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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 by Abiathar; and Joab was the commander of the king’s army.
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