אֶבְיָתָר
ʼEbyâthâr · ab-yaw-thawr'
Ebjathar, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H1 (אָב) and H3498 (יָתַר); father of abundance (i.e. liberal);
Ebjathar, 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: Abiathar.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶבְיָתָר 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
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and abiathar11 · 37%
- of abiathar5 · 17%
- abiathar2 · 7%
- to abiathar2 · 7%
- and to abiathar2 · 7%
- unto abiathar1 · 3%
- and it came to pass, when abiathar1 · 3%
- therefore and abiathar1 · 3%
- abiathar's1 · 3%
- and with abiathar1 · 3%
- even for him, and for abiathar1 · 3%
- and unto abiathar1 · 3%
- in the room of abiathar1 · 3%
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.