King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H54
Transliteration: Ebyathar
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-yaw-thawr')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "the great one is father", an Israelite priest
Meaning: Abiathar -- "the great one is father", an Israelite priest
Word Summary
Ebyathar: "the great one is father", an Israelite priest
Original Word: אֶבְיָתָרTransliteration: Ebyathar
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-yaw-thawr')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "the great one is father", an Israelite priest
Meaning: Abiathar -- "the great one is father", an Israelite priest
Strong's Concordance
Abiathar Contracted from 'ab and yathar; father of abundance (i.e. Liberal); Ebjathar, an Israelite -- Abiathar.
see HEBREW 'ab
see HEBREW yathar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H54. Ebyathar
אֶבְיָתָר proper name, masculine (the Great One is father (?) so BäRel. 156, compare Sabean ותר) a priest, son of Ahimelech 1 Samuel 22:20-21, 22; 23:6, 9; 30:7 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:17 (read ׳אב בןאֿחמלך so ᵑ6 We Dr) + 22 t. 2Samuel, 1Kings, 1Chronicles.