ʾevyātār אֶבְיָתָר ‘Abiathar’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
contracted from ʾāv אָב ‘father’ and yātar יָתַר ‘to remain’
Roots:
אב
יתר
ʾevyātār pr n m pers
Abiathar = "my father is great"
1) priest, son of Ahitub (Ahimelech), faithful to David, but later rebelled with Adonijah