עַתּוּד
ʻattûwd · at-tood'
prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
Lexicon
Derivation: or עַתֻּד; from H6257 (עָתַד);
prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
- prepared, i.e. full grown
- spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the people
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chief one, (he) goat, ram.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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)
to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To see and know of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַתּוּד 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he goats12 · 41%
- and goats3 · 10%
- and, behold, the rams1 · 3%
- all the rams1 · 3%
- the he goats1 · 3%
- nor he goats1 · 3%
- of goats1 · 3%
- with goats1 · 3%
- and the goats1 · 3%
- or of he goats1 · 3%
- for thee, even all the chief ones1 · 3%
- and be as the he goats1 · 3%
- with he goats1 · 3%
- and the he goats1 · 3%
- and of goats1 · 3%
- the goats1 · 3%
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.