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    Abiathar

    uh-BY-uh-thar

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Father of abundance; The great father
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Abiathar appears in the King James Bible, including 1 Samuel 22:20.
    First appears in
    1 Samuel — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Abiathar — faithful for decades, then unfaithful in the end — warns that past faithfulness does not guarantee future choices. Finishing well matters as much as starting well.
    King James verses
    • 1 Samuel 22:20

      "And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David."

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