1 Samuel
Chapter 22
Verse 20
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1 Samuel 22

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20 One of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 22:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 64
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט בֵּן־אֶחָ֗ד לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בֶּן־אֲחִט֔וּב וּשְׁמ֖וֹ אֶבְיָתָ֑ר וַיִּבְרַ֖ח אַחֲרֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

11 word entries
וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט
Lemma
c/4422
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4422
Occurrences
30
בֵּן
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
אֶחָ֗ד
Lemma
259
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H259
Occurrences
678
לַאֲחִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙
Lemma
l/288
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H288
Occurrences
3
בֶּן
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
אֲחִט֔וּב
Lemma
285
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H285
Occurrences
13
וּשְׁמ֖וֹ
Lemma
c/8034
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8034
Occurrences
131
אֶבְיָתָ֑ר
Lemma
54
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H54
Occurrences
17
וַיִּבְרַ֖ח
Lemma
c/1272
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1272
Occurrences
23
אַחֲרֵ֥י
Lemma
310 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H310
Occurrences
539
דָוִֽד
Lemma
1732
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
847
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ διασώζεται υἱὸς εἷς τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ υἱῷ Ἀχιτὼβ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἀβιάθαρ, καὶ ἔφυγεν ὀπίσω Δαυίδ.

16 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
διασώζεται
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
diasozetai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
υἱὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
εἷς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
εἷς
Transliteration
heis
Morphology
numeral/adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
one
Part of Speech
numeral/adjective
Definition
One, a single one.
Occurrences
785
τῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
Ἀβιμέλεχ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Abimelech
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Abimelech
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Abimelech.
Occurrences
77
υἱῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
Ἀχιτὼβ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
achitob
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀχιτὼβ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
12
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ὄνομα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
onoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
name
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Name.
Occurrences
908
αὐτῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Ἀβιάθαρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
abiathar
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀβιάθαρ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
29
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ἔφυγεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
ephygen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
33
ὀπίσω
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
opiso
Morphology
adverb/preposition
Gloss
behind, after
Part of Speech
adverb/preposition
Definition
Behind, after, or following.
Occurrences
347
Δαυίδ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Dauid
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
David
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
David.
Occurrences
1047
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܐܬܦܠܛ ܒܪܐ ܚܕ ܠܐܚܝܡܠܟ ܒܪ ܐܚܝܛܘܒ ܘܫܡܗ ܐܒܝܬܪ ܘܥܪܩ ܠܗ ܒܬܪ ܕܘܝܕ

12 word entries
ܘܐܬܦܠܛ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'tplt
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
ܒܪܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܒܪܐ
Transliteration
bara
Morphology
verb/noun form, context-dependent
Gloss
created; son
Occurrences
103
ܚܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܚܕ
Transliteration
hd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
509
ܠܐܚܝܡܠܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
l'hymlk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
5
ܒܪ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܒܪ
Transliteration
bar
Morphology
noun, masculine construct singular
Gloss
son
Occurrences
1284
ܐܚܝܛܘܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'hytwb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
12
ܘܫܡܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wshmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
49
ܐܒܝܬܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'bytr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
13
ܘܥܪܩ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'rq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
34
ܠܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܒܬܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܬܪ
Transliteration
btr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
301
ܕܘܝܕ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dwyd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
617
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

וְאִשְׁתֵּיזֵיב בְּרָא חֲדָא לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ בַּר אֲחִטוּב וּשְׁמֵיהּ אֶבְיָתָר וַעֲרַק בָּתַר דָוִד׃

11 word entries
וְאִשְׁתֵּיזֵיב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'shtyzyb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
12
בְּרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ברא
Transliteration
br'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
141
חֲדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חדא
Transliteration
chd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
562
לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'chymlk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
18
בַּר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בר
Transliteration
br
Morphology
noun masculine singular
Gloss
son
Occurrences
2734
אֲחִטוּב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'chtwb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וּשְׁמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wshmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
125
אֶבְיָתָר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bytr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
23
וַעֲרַק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ערק
Transliteration
w'rq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
28
בָּתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בתר
Transliteration
btr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
428
דָוִד׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דוד
Transliteration
dwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1106
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Evadens autem unus filius Achimelech filii Achitob, cujus nomen erat Abiathar, fugit ad David,

14 word entries
evadens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
euado
Transliteration
evadens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
33
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
unus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
unus
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
filius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filius
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
Ahimelech
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Ahimelech
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
12
filii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
Achitob
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Achitob
Transliteration
Achitob
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
7
cuius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
cuius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
nomen
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nomen
Transliteration
nomen
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1130
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Abiathar
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Abiathar
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
30
fugit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fugio
Transliteration
fugit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
351
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

1 Samuel 23:6

When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.

7 relevance votes

1 Samuel 30:7

David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

5 relevance votes

1 Samuel 23:9

David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him. He said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”

4 relevance votes

1 Samuel 2:33

The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.

4 relevance votes

1 Samuel 4:12

A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

3 relevance votes

Job 1:19

and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 20:25

Sheva was scribe, Zadok and Abiathar were priests,

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