אֲתַר
ʼăthar · ath-ar'
a place; (adverb) after
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of H871 (אֲתָרִים);
a place; (adverb) after
- a place
- (adverb) after
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: after, place.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
strength, the leader › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲתַר 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his place2 · 25%
- after2 · 25%
- the place1 · 13%
- every one to his place1 · 13%
- place1 · 13%
- and after1 · 13%
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.