King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H285
Transliteration: Achitub
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-toob')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my brother is goodness", two Israelites
Meaning: Ahitub -- "my brother is goodness", two Israelites
Word Summary
Achitub: "my brother is goodness", two Israelites
Original Word: אֲחִיטוּבTransliteration: Achitub
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-toob')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my brother is goodness", two Israelites
Meaning: Ahitub -- "my brother is goodness", two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Ahitub From 'ach and tuwb; brother of goodness; Achitub, the name of several priests -- Ahitub.
see HEBREW 'ach
see HEBREW tuwb
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H285. Achitub
אֲחִיטוּב proper name, masculine (my brother is goodness)
1 grandson of Eli 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Chronicles 5:33; 1 Chronicles 5:34; 1 Chronicles 5:37; 1 Chronicles 5:38; father of Ahimelech 22:9, 20 (אֲחִטוּב) 22:11; 22:12 (on identity of person see Be 1 Chronicles 5:33).
2 father of Zadok 2 Samuel 8:17 (= 1 Chronicles 18:16), but We reads Ahim son of Ahitub; 1 Chronicles 5:37; Ezra 7:2; grandfather of Zadok 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11 (on all compare We on the passage)