אֶבְיָתָרʼEbyâthâr

proper name, masculine: a priest, son of Ahimelech (1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Samuel 22:21; 1 Samuel 22:22; 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 23:9)

Pronunciation: ab-yaw-thawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H54

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Where it appears

Appears 30 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 22:20 Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.
  • 1 Samuel 22:21 When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord,
  • 1 Samuel 22:22 David exclaimed, “I knew it! When I saw Doeg the Edomite there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father’s family.
  • 1 Samuel 23:6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.
  • 1 Samuel 23:9 But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.
  • 1 Samuel 30:7 Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).