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title: אֲחִיטוּב — Ahitub · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִיטוּב (285), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Ahitub. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִיטוּב

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«אֲחִיטוּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahitub** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 285 · **BDB:** אֲחִיטוּב

### Glosses

of.Ahitub (10); Ahitub (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahitub [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/285/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/285/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my brother is goodness) 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). 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.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחִיטוּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/285/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.2/)

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בֶּן־שַׁלּ֥וּם בֶּן־צָד֖וֹק בֶּן־אֲחִיטֽוּב׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Shallum the.son of.Zadok the.son of.Ahitub

*JPS 1917:* the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

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[1 Chronicles 5:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.33/)

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מְרָיוֹת֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אֲמַרְיָ֔ה וַאֲמַרְיָ֖ה הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲחִיטֽוּב׃

*Word for word:* Meraioth he.fathered (et) Amariah and Amariah he.fathered (et) Ahitub

*JPS 1917:* Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

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