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HebrewH0302Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל

a.chi.to.phel

17Occurrences
H0302Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Achithophel, an Israelite

from H251 (אָח) and H8602 (תָּפֵל); brother of folly;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Eliam (H0463H) § Ahithophel = "my brother is foolish (folly)" a counsellor of David, grandfather of Bathsheba (cf ), who joined Absalom in revolt against David, and committed suicide when Absalom did not heed his counsel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
15
1 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:33BSB

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor.Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

2 Samuel 15:31BSB

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

2 Samuel 16:20BSB

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 17:1BSB

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 Samuel 17:14BSB

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.