אָטָד
ʼâṭâd · aw-tawd'
a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast;
a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Atad, bramble, thorn.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to surround and contain › the doorway, the way in
Strength, the leader that works to surround and contain of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָטָד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of atad2 · 33%
- unto the bramble1 · 17%
- and the bramble1 · 17%
- of the bramble1 · 17%
- the thorns1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.