Achitub means “Ahitub” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G285 — ammos (“sand”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H285 אֲחִיטּוּב (Achiytuwb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Achiytuwb (akh-ee-toob') n/p. 1. brother of goodness 2. Achitub, the name of several priests It has 15 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include ahitub, priests, and brother. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Achiytuwb (akh-ee-toob') n/p. 1. brother of goodness 2. Achitub, the name of several priests [from H251 and H2898] KJV: Ahitub. Root(s): H251, H2898
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H285. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Ahitub
Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.3; son of: Phinehas (H6372H); brother of: Ichabod (H0350); father of: Ahimelech (H0288) § Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)" 1) a grandson of Eli 2) the father of Zadok the priest
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Achiytuwb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H285.
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H285, grouped by book.
Achitub (Strong's H285) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ahitub". Achiytuwb (akh-ee-toob') n/p. 1. brother of goodness 2. Achitub, the name of several priests
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H285 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H285 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ahitub, priests, and brother. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.