H0285 H0285
Ahitub — a priestly name meaning 'my brother is goodness,' borne by ancestors of key Israelite priests
Ahituv ('my brother is goodness') names at least two significant priestly figures. The first was Eli's grandson through Phinehas and father of Ahimelech, the priest of Nob massacred by Saul (1 Sam 14:3; 22:9-20). The second was the father of Zadok, who founded the Zadokite priestly dynasty loyal to David (2 Sam 8:17; 1 Chr 6:7-8). The genealogies in Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah trace both lines into the postexilic period (Neh 11:11). Spanish 'Ajitob,' French 'Achitub,' and German 'Achitub' transliterate the name consistently.
Senses
1. Ahitub (proper name) — A Hebrew proper name (ahituv, 'my brother is goodness') borne by at least two priestly figures: (1) Eli's grandson and father of Ahimelech, linking the Elide priesthood to the tragedy at Nob (1 Sam 14:3; 22:9-20); and (2) the father of Zadok, anchoring the Zadokite dynasty (2 Sam 8:17; 1 Chr 6:7-8). Postexilic genealogies continue the name (Ezra 7:2; Neh 11:11). 15×
AR["أَخيطوب", "أَخيطوبَ", "أَخِيطُوب", "أَخِيطُوبَ", "وَ-أَخيطوب"]·ben["অহীটূব", "অহীটূবের", "আহীমেলেক-এর", "ও-অহীটূব"]·DE["Achitub", "Achituv", "Ahitub", "[אחיטוב]", "und-Achitub"]·EN["Achitub", "Achituv", "Ahitub", "and-Achituv"]·FR["Achitub", "Achituv", "Ahitub", "et-Ahitub"]·heb["אחיטוב", "ו-אחיטוב"]·HI["अचितुब-क", "अहीटूब-का", "अहीतूब", "अहीतूब-का", "अहीतूब-के", "और-अहीतूब"]·ID["Ahitub", "Dan-Ahitub"]·IT["Achitub", "Achituv", "Ahitub", "e-Ahitub"]·jav["Ahitub", "Lan-Ahitub"]·KO["그리고-아히돕-은", "아히돕", "아히돕-을", "아히둛의", "아히둡", "아히둡의", "아히둥의"]·PT["'Achituv", "Achituv", "Ahituv", "E-Achituv"]·RU["Ахитув", "Ахитува", "и-Ахитув"]·ES["Ahitob", "Ajitob", "Ajitub", "Aĥituv", "Y-Ajitub"]·SW["Ahitobu", "Ahitubu", "Na-Ahitubu"]·TR["Ahituv", "Ahituv'u", "Ahituv'un", "Ahituv-un", "Ahituvun", "ve-Ahituv"]·urd["اخیطوب", "اخیطوب-کا", "اخیطوب-کے", "اخیطوب-کے۔", "اور-اخیطوب-نے"]
1 Sam 14:3, 1 Sam 22:9, 1 Sam 22:11, 1 Sam 22:12, 1 Sam 22:20, 2 Sam 8:17, 1 Chr 6:7, 1 Chr 6:8, 1 Chr 6:11, 1 Chr 6:12, 1 Chr 6:52, 1 Chr 9:11 (+3 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲחִיטוּב n.pr.m. (my brother is goodness) 1. grandson of Eli 1 S 14:3 1 Ch 5:33, 34, 37, 38; father of Ahimelech 1 S 22:9, 20 (אֲחִטוּב) v 11, 12 (on identity of pers. v. Be 1 Ch 5:33). 2. father of Zadok 2 S 8:17 (= 1 Ch 18:16), but We rds. Ahim. son of Ahitub; 1 Ch 5:38 Ezr 7:2; grandfather of Zadok 1 Ch 9:11 Ne 11:11 (on all cf. We l.c.)