עָתַק
ʻâthaq · aw-thak'
to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe
- to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old
- specifically, to transcribe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: copy out, leave off, become (wax) old, remove.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To see and know of the mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָתַק 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he removed2 · 22%
- which removeth1 · 11%
- is removed1 · 11%
- be removed1 · 11%
- become old1 · 11%
- no more: they left off1 · 11%
- it waxeth old1 · 11%
- copied out1 · 11%
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.