First names in Hebrew
First name Abiathar: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling
אביתר
Gematria value: 613
Its spelling
In Hebrew, Abiathar is written אביתר
Abiathar is the English form of Evyatar, אביתר in Hebrew.
Meaning and origin
What does Abiathar mean?
Meaning: "my father is abundance"
Origin: Hebrew
Evyatar is a biblical Hebrew name, widely given today. It joins av, "father", and yeter, "surplus, abundance": "my father is abundance". English Bibles spell it Abiathar.
Gematria
Abiathar = 613
In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אביתר has 5 letters:
- אthe letter Aleph1
- בthe letter Bet2
- יthe letter Yod10
- תthe letter Tav400
- רthe letter Resh200
- Total613
The verse of the name
From the letter Aleph to the letter Resh
An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Abiathar, from א to ר:
אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּעַר׃
“I would hurry to find myself a shelter from the raging wind and the storm.”
Psalms 55:9
The book of your first name
Abiathar, in nine pages
- Abiathar, in Hebrew
- Letter by letter
- The number of your name
- The verse of your name
- The portrait of Abiathar
- Abiathar, day to day
- What tradition says about names
- The sources
Frequently asked
Abiathar in three answers
How do you write Abiathar in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Abiathar is written אביתר. Abiathar is the English form of Evyatar, אביתר in Hebrew.
What is the gematria value of Abiathar?
Written אביתר, Abiathar is worth 613: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Tav (400) + the letter Resh (200).
What does Abiathar mean?
My father is abundance (origin: Hebrew). Evyatar is a biblical Hebrew name, widely given today. It joins av, "father", and yeter, "surplus, abundance": "my father is abundance". English Bibles spell it Abiathar.
A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).