Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 17:23
“And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H302 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Achithophel, an Israelite
- Derivation
- from H251 (אָח) and H8602 (תָּפֵל); brother of folly;
- KJV renderings
- Ahithophel.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲחִיתֹ֣פֶל — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 20 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 15:122 Samuel 15:312 Samuel 15:312 Samuel 15:342 Samuel 16:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲחִיתֹפֶל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.