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I-chabod

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(inglorious). Son of Phinehas (1 Sam. 4: 19-22; 14:3³And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. (1 Samuel 14:3)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The name which the wife of Phinehas gave to her son, because the ark of God had been taken by the Philistines, and her father-in-law and her husband were dead. After naming her child she died also: “the glory had departed,” as the name signifies (1 Sam. 4:21²¹And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. (1 Samuel 4:21); 1 Sam. 14:3³And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. (1 Samuel 14:3)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

350 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Iy-kabowd

Phonic:

ee-kaw-bode’

Meaning:

from 336 and 3519; (there is) no glory, i.e. inglorious; Ikabod, a son of Phineas

KJV Usage:

I-chabod

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

woe (where?), the glory

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Without glory; inglorious:―son of Phinehas, and grandson of Eli, 1 Sam. 4:21. {Sine gloria}