אֲחִיתֹפֶל
ʼĂchîythôphel · akh-ee-tho'-fel
Achithophel, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H251 (אָח) and H8602 (תָּפֵל); brother of folly;
Achithophel, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahithophel.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲחִיתֹפֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ahithophel7 · 35%
- ahithophel3 · 15%
- and ahithophel3 · 15%
- for ahithophel1 · 5%
- to ahithophel1 · 5%
- moreover ahithophel1 · 5%
- that ahithophel1 · 5%
- thus and thus did ahithophel1 · 5%
- for thus hath ahithophel1 · 5%
- and when ahithophel1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.