אֲחִיטוּב ʼĂchîyṭûwb

Meaning

Achitub, the name of several priests

In the King James Version: Ahitub.

Derivation: from H251 (אָח) and H2898 (טוּב); brother of goodness;

Where it is used

• 1 Samuel 14:3 including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
• 1 Samuel 22:9 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
• 1 Samuel 22:11 Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
• 1 Samuel 22:12 “Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
• 1 Samuel 22:20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
• 2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
• 1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
• 1 Chronicles 6:8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
• 1 Chronicles 6:11 Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
• 1 Chronicles 6:12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
• 1 Chronicles 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
• 1 Chronicles 9:11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;
• 1 Chronicles 18:16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
• Ezra 7:2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
• Nehemiah 11:11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;