Abiathar (name) explained

Abiathar (pronounced as /he/ ’Eḇyāṯār, "the father is great"), also spelled Eviatar or Evyatar pronounced as /he/ in Modern Hebrew, is a High Priest described in the Bible.

Later notable people with the name include:

Abiathar

• Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen (1040–1109), Palestinian Gaon
• Abiathar Crescas, Spanish-Jewish physician
• Charles Abiathar White (1826–1910), American geologist
• Clarence Abiathar Waldo (1852–1926), American mathematician
• Abiathar, Jewish priest of Mtskheta in Georgia who converted to Christianity alongside his daughter Sidonia

Eviatar

• Eviatar Banai (born 1973), Israeli musician
• Eviatar Manor (born 1949), Israeli diplomat
• Eviatar Nevo (born 1929), Israeli professor
• Eviatar Zerubavel (born 1948), Israeli professor
• Eviatar Matania (born 1966), founder and Head of the Israel National Cyber Bureau

Evyatar

• Evyatar Baruchyan (born 1989), Israeli footballer
• Evyatar Borovsky (1981–2013), Israeli, victim of the 2013 Tapuah Junction stabbing
• Evyatar Iluz (born 1983), Israeli footballer

See also

• Evyatar, Israeli outpost, named after Evyatar Borovsky
• Abiathar Peak, Wyoming, US