evyatar · Abiathar

What it means

evyatar (אֶבְיָתָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Abiathar”.

Son of the priest Ahimelech; the only one who escaped the slaughter at Nob. He joined David and was his priest (1 Samuel 22:20-23). The name means "the father is abundant."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×7
• 2 Samuel×10
• 1 Kings×9
• 1 Chronicles×4

• 1 Samuel 22:20

  But one son of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped, and his name was Abiathar; he fled after David.

• 1 Samuel 22:21

  Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 22:22

  David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have caused the death of every person of your father’s house.

• 1 Samuel 23:6

  When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, the ephod came down in his hand.

• 1 Samuel 23:9

  David knew that Saul was plotting the evil against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring near the ephod.”

• 1 Samuel 30:7

  David said to Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, “Please bring near to me the ephod.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

• 2 Samuel 8:17

  Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;

• 2 Samuel 15:24

  And there was Zadok too, and all the Levites with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of Elohim; and they set down the ark of Elohim, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

• 2 Samuel 15:27

  The king said to Zadok the priest, “Do you see? Go back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, with you.

• 2 Samuel 15:29

  So Zadok and Abiathar took back the ark of Elohim to Jerusalem, and they stayed there.

• 2 Samuel 15:35

  And are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? So every word that you hear from the house of the king, you shall tell to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests.

• 2 Samuel 15:36

  Look, their two sons are there with them, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and you shall send to me by their hand every word that you hear.”

• 2 Samuel 17:15

  Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Such and such Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and such and such I have counseled.

• 2 Samuel 19:11

  King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why should you be the last to bring back the king to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house?

• 2 Samuel 20:25

  Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

• 1 Kings 1:7

  And he conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they helped, following Adonijah.

• 1 Kings 1:19

  He has sacrificed oxen, fatted animals, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited.

• 1 Kings 1:25

  For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen, fatted animals, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and there they are, eating and drinking before him; and they have said, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

• 1 Kings 1:42

  He was still speaking, and there came Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said, “Come in, for you are a man of worth, and you bring good news.”

• 1 Kings 2:22

  And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom — for he is my brother, older than I — for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

• 1 Kings 2:26

  And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields, for you deserve death; but on this day I will not put you to death, because you carried the ark of Adonai YHWH before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.”

• 1 Kings 2:27

  So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to YHWH, to fulfill the word of YHWH that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

• 1 Kings 2:35

  And the king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.

• 1 Kings 4:4

  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

• 1 Chronicles 15:11

  David summoned Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;

• 1 Chronicles 18:16

  Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;

• 1 Chronicles 24:6

  Shemaiah son of Nethanel, the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them before the king and the chiefs and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites: one father’s house taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 27:34

  After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the commander of the king’s army was Joab.

And 2 more times.