Bible Person
Meaning: brother of goodness · Male · 5 cross references
This Ahitub entry refers to Ahitub son of Phinehas in the house of Eli, father of Ahimelech and brother of Ichabod. He should be distinguished from the separate Ahitub in the line of Zadok. First appears in 1 Sam 14:3.1
Name meaning
brother of goodness
Identity
male
First appears
1 Sam 14:3
AI summary: This Ahitub matters because the cross references place him within the troubled priestly house descending from Eli after the ark catastrophe. He bridges the generation of Phinehas and Ichabod to the priestly activity later associated with Ahimelech and Nob, carrying forward a line already overshadowed by judgment. His place is therefore historically and theologically charged. Taken together, the material presents this Ahitub as a priestly link in Eli's house, preserving continuity under the shadow of decline.1
Central Figure
Ahitub
Meaning: brother of goodness
The son of Phinehas.
Name meaning
brother of goodness
Identity
male
The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.