A name from Scripture
Abiathar
uh-BY-uh-thar
Meaning
Father of abundance; The great father
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 1 Samuel
What it points to
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.
Verses · King James Version
“And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.”
1 Samuel 22:20
“Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father.”
1 Kings 2:26