Abiathar: meaning of the name

Abiathar in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Abiathar in the Bible

• Abiathar, son of Ahimelech

  29 verses · first mentioned in 1 Samuel 22:20

Abiathar in Scripture

“Abiathar” appears in 29 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 1 Samuel 22:20

  And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

• 1 Samuel 22:21

  And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord’s priests.

• 1 Samuel 22:22

  And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

• 1 Samuel 23:6

  And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

• 1 Samuel 23:9

  And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

• 1 Samuel 30:7

  And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

• 2 Samuel 8:17

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

• 2 Samuel 15:24

  And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.