Definition

Ebjathar, an Israelite

Etymology

contracted from H1 (אָב) and H3498 (יָתַר); father of abundance (i.e. liberal);

Word family

• אָב ʼâb
• יָתַר yâthar

How the KJV renders it

• Abiathar

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.