STRONGS G8:
Ἀβιαθάρ, indeclinable proper name (though in
Josephus, Antiquities 6, 14, 6
Ἀβιαθάρος,
-ου),
אֶבְיָתָר (father of abundance),
Abiathar, a certain Hebrew high priest:
Mark 2:26 — where he is by mistake confounded with Ahimelech his father (
1 Samuel 21:1ff); [yet cf.
1 Samuel 22:20 with
1 Chronicles 18:16;
1 Chronicles 24:6,
31; also
2 Samuel 15:24-29;
1 Kings 2:26, 27 with
2 Samuel 8:17;
1 Chronicles 24:6,
31. It would seem that double names were especially common in the case of priests (cf. 1 Macc. 2:1-5; Josephus, Vit. §§ 1, 2) and that father and son often bore the same name (cf.
Luke 1:5,
59; Josephus, the passage cited and Antiquities 20, 9, 1). See McClellan at the passage and
B. D. American edition, p. 7].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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1 Samuel
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21:1; 22:20
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2 Samuel
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8:17; 15:24; 15:25; 15:26; 15:27; 15:28; 15:29
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1 Kings
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2:26, 27
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1 Chronicles
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18:16; 24:6; 24:6; 24:31; 24:31
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Mark
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2:26
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Luke
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1:5; 1:59