Abiathar = "my father is great"

1. priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah

Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"

1. a grandson of Eli

2. the father of Zadok the priest

Ahimelech = "my brother is king" or "brother of Melek"

1. a priest murdered by Doeg at Saul's command, for supposedly assisting David

2. a Hittite warrior under David

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

priest, principal officer or chief ruler

1. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)

2. pagan priests

3. priests of Jehovah

4. Levitical priests

5. Zadokite priests

6. Aaronic priests

7. the high priest

to count, recount, relate

1. (Qal)

   1. to count (things)

   2. to number, take account of, reckon

2. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered

3. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare

   1. to recount (something), rehearse

   2. to talk

   3. to count exactly or accurately

4. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related

   masculine noun

enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe

1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary

2. learned man, scribe

Zadok = "righteous"

1. the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king

2. a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub; apparently a nephew of 1

3. father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah

4. son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

5. son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

6. a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah

7. a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse

8. a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?

Seraiah = "Jehovah is ruler"

1. the scribe or secretary of David

2. son of Azariah, father of Jehozadak, and the chief priest in the reign of king Zedekiah of Judah and at the time of the capture of Jerusalem

3. son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and one of the men who went to Gedaliah, the governor over Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, and gave their oath to serve the king of Babylon

4. a Judaite, son of Kenaz, brother of Othniel, and father of Joab

5. a Simeonite, father of Josibiah and grandfather of Jehu

6. a people of the province who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

   1. maybe the same as 10

7. son of Azariah and father of Ezra the priest and scribe

8. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

9. a priest, son of Hilkiah in the time of Nehemiah

10. a priest or Levite who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

    1. probably a priest and the head of a family of priests after the exile. Maybe same as 6

11. son of Meraiah and messenger sent by the prophet Jeremiah to Babylon with a book of his writings

12. son of Azriel and one of the 3 men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize Jeremiah and Baruch