# H285 אֲחִיטוּב

אֲחִיטוּב (ʼĂchîyṭûwb), Strong’s H285: Achitub, the name of several priests KJV: Ahitub.. Occurs 15 times.

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*ʼĂchîyṭûwb* — Achitub, the name of several priests

KJV: Ahitub.

Built from [אָח ʼâch](https://besorah.bible/word/H251) (a brother) + [טוּב ṭûwb](https://besorah.bible/word/H2898) (good) — means “brother of goodness”

Occurs 15 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲחִיטוּב n.pr.m. (my brother is goodness)
- 1 grandson of Eli; father of Ahimelech
- 2 father of Zadok

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 14:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=3) — including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in…
- [1 Samuel 22:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=9) — Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to…
- [1 Samuel 22:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=11) — Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in…
- [1 Samuel 22:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=12) — Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.” He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
- [1 Samuel 22:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=20) — One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
- [2 Samuel 8:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=17) — Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
- [Ezra 7:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/7?v=2) — the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
- [Nehemiah 11:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=11) — Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler…
- [1 Chronicles 5:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/5?v=33) — Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
- [1 Chronicles 5:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/5?v=34) — Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.