STRONGS NUMBER H54


Word Summary
Ebyathar: "the great one is father", an Israelite priest
Original Word: אֶבְיָתָר
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
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

אֶבְיָתָרproper 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.