# H54 אֶבְיָתָר

אֶבְיָתָר (ʼEbyâthâr), Strong’s H54: Ebjathar, an Israelite KJV: Abiathar.. Occurs 30 times.

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*ʼEbyâthâr* — Ebjathar, an Israelite

KJV: Abiathar.

Built from [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) + [יָתַר yâthar](https://besorah.bible/word/H3498) (to jut over or exceed) — means “father of abundance (i.e. liberal)”

Occurs 30 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֶבְיָתָר n.pr.m. (the Great One is father (?)) a priest, son of Ahimelech

## Where it occurs
- [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.
- [1 Samuel 22:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=21) — Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests.
- [1 Samuel 22:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/22?v=22) — David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am…
- [1 Samuel 23:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=6) — When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
- [1 Samuel 23:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=9) — David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
- [1 Samuel 30:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/30?v=7) — David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the…
- [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,
- [2 Samuel 15:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=24) — Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down God’s…
- [2 Samuel 15:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=27) — The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you…
- [2 Samuel 15:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=29) — Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried God’s ark to Jerusalem again; and they stayed there.