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Lexicon :: Strong's H285 - 'ăḥîṭûḇ

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אֲחִיטוּב
Transliteration
'ăḥîṭûḇ
Pronunciation
akh-ee-toob'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָח (H251) and טוּב (H2898)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִיטוּב ʼĂchîyṭûwb, akh-ee-toob'; from H251 and H2898; brother of goodness; Achitub, the name of several priests:—Ahitub.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H285 in the following manner: Ahitub (15x).

  1. Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"

    1. a grandson of Eli

    2. the father of Zadok the priest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִיטוּב ʼĂchîyṭûwb, akh-ee-toob'; from H251 and H2898; brother of goodness; Achitub, the name of several priests:—Ahitub.
STRONGS H285: Abbreviations
† אֲחִיטוּב proper name, masculine (my brother is goodness)
1. grandson of Eli 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Chronicles 5:33 [1 Chronicles 6:7]; 1 Chronicles 5:34 [1 Chronicles 6:8]; 1 Chronicles 5:37 [1 Chronicles 6:11]; 1 Chronicles 5:38 [1 Chronicles 6:12]; father of Ahimelech 1 Samuel 22:9, 20 (אֲחִטוּב) 1 Samuel 22:11; 1 Samuel 22:12 (on identity of person see Be 1 Chronicles 5:33 [1 Chronicles 6:7]).
2. father of Zadok 2 Samuel 8:17 (＝1 Chronicles 18:16), but We reads Ahim son of Ahitub; 1 Chronicles 5:37 [1 Chronicles 6:11]; Ezra 7:2; grandfather of Zadok 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11 (on all compare We on the passage)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:3; 22:9; 22:11; 22:12; 22:20

2 Samuel

8:17

1 Chronicles

6:7; 6:7; 6:8; 6:11; 6:11; 6:12; 9:11; 18:16

Ezra

7:2

Nehemiah

11:11