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title: אֲחִיתֹפֶל — Ahithophel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִיתֹפֶל (302), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: Ahithophel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִיתֹפֶל

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«אֲחִיתֹפֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahithophel** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** 302 · **BDB:** אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל

### Glosses

Ahithophel (13); of.Ahithophel (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahithophel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/302/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/302/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my brother is folly?) David’s trusted \& traitorous counsellor 2 S 15:12, 31(×2), 34; 16:15, 20, 21, 23(×2); 17:1, 6, 7, 14(×2), 15, 21, 23; 23:34 1 Ch 27:33, 34.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחִיתֹפֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/302/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 16:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.20/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶל־אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם עֵצָ֖ה מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Absalom to Ahithophel give (for yourselves counsel what? will.we.do

*JPS 1917:* Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'

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[2 Samuel 23:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.34/)

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אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶט בֶּן־אֲחַסְבַּ֖י בֶּן־הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑יס אֱלִיעָ֥ם בֶּן־אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Eliphelet the.son of.Ahasbai the.son of the.Maacathite Eliam the.son of.Ahithophel the Gilonite

*JPS 1917:* Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

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