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Abiathar

American  
[uh-bahy-uh-ther] / əˈbaɪ ə θər /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a priest of Israel and a companion of David.


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The corrections officer, Luis J. Privado, 23, was allegedly paid by co-defendant Abiathar A. Vance, 40, to drive Vance and the teen to and from Frederick, Md., late last year, said Lt.

From Washington Post

Kirk Henneberry tells The Washington Post that 23-year-old Luis J. Privado was paid by 40-year-old Abiathar A. Vance to drive Vance and the teenager to and from Frederick, Maryland, late last year.

From Seattle Times

It could not have been that the male line in Eleazar’s family had failed; for in the time of David Zadok of the family of Eleazar was priest, along with Abiathar, of the family of Ithamar and Eli.

From Project Gutenberg

Afterwards, when Abiathar fled to David with the high priest’s ephod, through which the judgment of Urim and Thummim seems to have been announced, David regarded that circumstance as an indication of the Divine permission to him to make use of the sacred oracle.

From Project Gutenberg

The other eminent person that joined David about this time was Abiathar the priest.

From Project Gutenberg