כָּתַר
kâthar · kaw-thar'
to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
- to enclose
- hence, (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege
- also, to wait (as restraining oneself)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּתַר 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.
- thus they inclosed1 · 14%
- round about1 · 14%
- suffer1 · 14%
- have beset me round1 · 14%
- shall compass me about1 · 14%
- are crowned1 · 14%
- doth compass1 · 14%
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.