1. Ahitub (proper name) — A Hebrew proper name (אֲחִיטוּב, 'my brother is good/goodness') borne by at least two priestly figures: (1) the grandson of Eli and father of Ahimelech/Ahijah (1 Sam 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20), and (2) the father of Zadok in David's line (2 Sam 8:17; 1 Chr 6:7-8). All three sense clusters represent the same proper noun with purely syntactic variation — bare nominative, alternate transliteration forms, and with conjunction (and-Ahitub). Multilingual renderings confirm a single referent: spa 'Ajitub', arb 'أَخِيطُوب', hin 'अहीतूब', kor '아히돕/아히둡', swa 'Ahitubu'. 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)
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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.)