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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.
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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 - Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:21 - When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - David exclaimed, “I knew it! When I saw Doeg the Edomite there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father’s family.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the LORD what he should do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:7 - Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - Zadok and all the Levites also came along, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices[fn] until everyone had passed out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look,[fn] here is my plan. You and Abiathar[fn] should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to the city and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king’s palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:36 - and they will send their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan to tell me what is going on.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had said to Absalom and the elders of Israel and what he himself had advised instead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 - Then King David sent Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, to say to the elders of Judah, “Why are you the last ones to welcome back the king into his palace? For I have heard that all Israel is ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:25 - Sheva was the court secretary. Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - He has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king’s sons to attend the celebration. He also invited Abiathar the priest and Joab, the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - Today he has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king’s sons to attend the celebration. He also invited the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. They are feasting and drinking with him and shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - And while he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” Adonijah said to him, “for you are a good man. You must have good news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - “How can you possibly ask me to give Abishag to Adonijah?” King Solomon demanded. “You might as well ask me to give him the kingdom! You know that he is my older brother, and that he has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign LORD for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, thereby fulfilling the prophecy the LORD had given at Shiloh concerning the descendants of Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - Then the king appointed Benaiah to command the army in place of Joab, and he installed Zadok the priest to take the place of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:4 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army.
Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:11 - Then David summoned the priests, Zadok and Abiathar, and these Levite leaders: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:16 - Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech[fn] son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah[fn] was the court secretary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, acted as secretary and wrote down the names and assignments in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the family leaders of the priests and Levites. The descendants of Eleazar and Ithamar took turns casting lots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:34

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