אֲחִיתֹפֶל

Strong’s Definition

Achithophel, an Israelite

Etymology & Derivation

from H251 (אָח) and H8602 (תָּפֵל); brother of folly;

KJV Usage

Ahithophel.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a counsellor of david, grandfather of bathsheba (compare 2nd samuel 11:3, 23:34), who joined absalom in revolt against david, and committed suicide when absalom did not heed his counsel

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼĂchîythôphel; Pronunciation: akh-ee-tho'-fel