עָתַר
ʻâthar · aw-thar'
to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (rather denominative from H6281 (עֶתֶר));
to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: intreat, (make) pray(-er).
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
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
To see and know of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָתַר 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was intreated3 · 15%
- intreat3 · 15%
- intreated2 · 10%
- and intreated2 · 10%
- shall i intreat1 · 5%
- from thee, and i will intreat1 · 5%
- and intreat1 · 5%
- and he was intreated1 · 5%
- unto him: and he was intreated1 · 5%
- also, and how god was intreated1 · 5%
- for this: and he was intreated1 · 5%
- thou shalt make thy prayer1 · 5%
- he shall pray1 · 5%
- and he shall be intreated1 · 5%
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.