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Meaning and etymology of the name Ahitub
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Ahitub 
There are four different men named Ahitub in the Bible, and they're all fathers of famous people: The first Ahitub we meet is the son of Phinehas (and thus grandson of Eli) and the father of Ahijah, who aided Jonathan on his raid against the Philistines (1 Samuel 14:3); Then there is Ahitub, the father of Ahimelech, who lived at Nob and who gave David provisions and the sword of Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 22:9-20); Ahitub the son of Amariah and father of Zadok, the priest (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 6:7). This sequence of three names is repeated a few generations later, when Ahitub is mentioned as another son of another Amariah, who is the father of another Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:11).
The name Ahitub consists of two elements:
1) The first part is formed after the word  (ah), meaning brother or close associate. With the letter yod postfixed to it, it means either my brother, or brother of. See the identical name Ahi.
2) The second part of the name Ahitub comes from the familiar word  (tob), the Bible's common but difficult word for "good." Its antonym  (ra), meaning evil, occurs in names as well. See for instance the names Bera and Ahira.
It's a misconception to maintain that at the fall, mankind was rendered
discernment between good and evil. Prior to Adam and Eve's consumption of
For a meaning of the name Ahitub, BDB Theological Dictionary and NOBS Study Bible Name List propose My Brother Is Goodness. Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) reads Brother Of Goodness.
Other names derived of the word tob are
Abitub,
Tob,
Tobadonijah
Tobiah and
Tobijah.
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