Strong's Hebrew · H285

אֲחִיטוּב

ʼĂchîyṭûwb · akh-ee-toob'

Ahitub.

Definition

Achitub, the name of several priests

Derivation

from H251 (אָח) and H2898 (טוּב); brother of goodness;

Appears 15 times in Scripture

1 Samuel 22:9

But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Chronicles 6:7

Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

1 Chronicles 9:11

Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;

1 Samuel 22:11

Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.

2 Samuel 8:17

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

1 Samuel 14:3

including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

1 Samuel 22:20

But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

1 Chronicles 6:8

Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

1 Chronicles 6:11

Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

1 Samuel 22:12

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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