עָטַר
ʻâṭar · aw-tar'
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
- to encircle (for attack or protection)
- especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: compass, crown.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to surround and contain › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to surround and contain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָטַר 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- compassed1 · 13%
- round about1 · 13%
- wilt thou compass1 · 13%
- and hast crowned1 · 13%
- thou crownest1 · 13%
- who crowneth1 · 13%
- crowned1 · 13%
- the crowning1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
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.