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title: אֶבְיָתָר — Abiathar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶבְיָתָר (54), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: Abiathar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶבְיָתָר

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«אֶבְיָתָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abiathar** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 54 · **BDB:** אֶבְיָתָר

### Glosses

Abiathar (24); of.Abiathar (5); \[was\].Abiathar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abiathar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/54/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/54/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (the Great One is father (?) so BäRel. 156, cf. Sab. ותר) a priest, son of Ahimelech 1 S 22:20, 21, 22; 23:6, 9; 30:7(×2) 2 S 8:17 (read אב׳ בן־אחמלך so 𝔖 We Dr) + 22 times 2 S 1 K 1 Ch.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 «אֶבְיָתָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/54/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 20:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.25/)

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וּשְׁוָ֖א סֹפֵ֑ר וְצָד֥וֹק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Sheva \[was\].secretary and Zadok and Abiathar \[were\].priests

*JPS 1917:* and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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[1 Samuel 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.21/)

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וַיַּגֵּ֥ד אֶבְיָתָ֖ר לְדָוִ֑ד כִּ֚י הָרַ֣ג שָׁא֔וּל אֵ֖ת כֹּהֲנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.told Abiathar to David (dm).that he.had.killed Saul (et) the.priests of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.

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