Strong H285H285Gאֲחִיטוּב

Ahitub

Transliteration: 'ăchîyţûb
Pronunciation: akh-ee-toob'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.3;
son of: Phinehas (H6372H);
brother of: Ichabod (H350);
father of: Ahimelech (H288)

Meaning of the name

Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"

General definition

From H251 and H2898; brother of goodness;
{Achitub} the name of several priests: - Ahitub.

In the biblical story

Ahitub

Father of Ahimelech, High Priest at Nob killed by Saul

Ahitub was the father of Ahimelech, the High Priest at Nob who was killed by Saul for aiding David. (1Sa.22.9-20)

In the Bible

Strong H285G appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

ahitub5

First verses

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.
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.
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.
1 Samuel 22:12
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
1 Samuel 22:20
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.