Word Study · Strong's H329 · Hebrew
אָטָד
atad
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Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâṭâd
“a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)
Rendered in the KJV as
Atad, bramble, thorn.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אָטָ֑ד1
- הָאָטָ֗ד1
- הָֽאָטָ֔ד1
- הָאָטָ֑ד1
- הָאָטָד֮1
- הָ֣אָטָ֔ד1
How it is rendered · 3
- the thorn bush3
- the Atad2
- a thorn bush1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HTd/Npl · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 50:10הָאָטָ֗דhaatadthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.here: the Atad
- Genesis 50:11הָֽאָטָ֔דhaatadthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.here: the Atad
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 9:14הָאָטָ֑דhaatadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFinally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’here: the thorn bush
- Judges 9:15הָאָטָד֮haatadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’here: the thorn bush
- Judges 9:15הָ֣אָטָ֔דhaatadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’here: the thorn bush