Strong H2854 sensesאֲחִיטוּב

Meaning of the name

The 4 senses of Strong H285

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H285 appears in 15 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Father of Ahimelech, High Priest at Nob killed by SaulH285G5 verses · 1 Samuel
2. Father of Zadok the priest during David's reignH285H5 verses · 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
3. Ancestor of Ezra the scribe, in the priestly lineH285I3 verses · 1 Chronicles, Ezra
4. Priest, ancestor of EzraH285J2 verses · 1 Chronicles, Nehemiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• ahitub15

First verses

1. 1 Samuel 14:3
   And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
2. 1 Samuel 22:9
   Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
3. 1 Samuel 22:11
   Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
4. 1 Samuel 22:12
   And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
5. 1 Samuel 22:20
   And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
6. 2 Samuel 8:17
   And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
7. 1 Chronicles 6:7
   Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8. 1 Chronicles 6:8
   And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9. 1 Chronicles 6:11
   And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
10. 1 Chronicles 6:12
    And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
11. 1 Chronicles 6:52
    Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
12. 1 Chronicles 9:11
    And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
13. 1 Chronicles 18:16
    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
14. Ezra 7:2
    The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
15. Nehemiah 11:11
    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.