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Abiathar

The son of Ahimelech, and the tenth high priest among the Jews, and fourth in descent from Eli, 2 Sam. viii, 17; Abiathar is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “excellent father; father of the remnant.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: G0008, H0054
Hebrew: אֶבְיָתָר · ʼEbyâthâr
Greek: Ἀβιαθάρ · Abiathar
Name meaning: excellent father; father of the remnant According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀβιαθάρ

G0008

Transliteration: Abiathar
Language: Greek
Part of speech: N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

Abiathar

Lexicon definition

Ἀβιάθαρ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. אֶבְיָתָר), Abiathar (1Ki.21:1): Mrk.2:26.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אֶבְיָתָר

H0054

Transliteration: ʼEbyâthâr
Pronunciation: ab-yaw-thawr'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 30

Glosses

Abiathar.

Lexicon definition

Ebjathar, an Israelite

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Ἀβιαθάρ

G0008

Transliteration: Abiathár
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 1

Glosses

Abiathar

Lexicon definition

Abiathar, an Israelite

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abiathar

excellent father; father of the remnant

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ABIATHAR

the son of Ahimelech, and the tenth high priest among the Jews, and fourth in descent from Eli, 2 Sam. viii, 17; 1 Chron. xviii, 16. When Saul sent to Nob to murder all the priests, Abiathar escaped the massacre, and fled to David in the wilderness. There he continued in the quality of high priest; but Saul, out of aversion to Ahimelech, whom he imagined to have betrayed his interests, transferred the dignity of the high priesthood from Ithamar’s family into that of Eleazar, by conferring this office upon Zadok. Thus there were, at the same time, two high priests in Israel, Abiathar with David, and Zadok with Saul. In this state things continued, until the reign of Solomon, when Abiathar, being attached to the party of Adonijah, was, by Solomon, divested of his priesthood, A. M. 2989; and the race of Zadok alone performed the functions of that office during the reign of Solomon, to the exclusion of the family of Ithamar, according to the word of the Lord to Eli, 1 Sam. ii, 30, &c.

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