עֲטָרָה
ʻăṭârâh · at-aw-raw'
a crown
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5849 (עָטַר);
a crown
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to surround and contain › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to surround and contain of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲטָרָה 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the crown6 · 26%
- crown3 · 13%
- a crown2 · 9%
- is a crown2 · 9%
- crowns2 · 9%
- it as a crown1 · 4%
- are the crown1 · 4%
- with the crown1 · 4%
- to the crown1 · 4%
- be for a crown1 · 4%
- thou shalt also be a crown1 · 4%
- even the crown1 · 4%
- and the crowns1 · 4%
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.