Word Study · Strong's H3804 · Hebrew
כֶּתֶר
kether
keh'-ther
“properly, a circlet, i.e. a diadem”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a circlet, i.e. a diadem
Rendered in the KJV as
crown.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בְּכֶ֣תֶר1
- כֶּ֥תֶר1
- כֶּֽתֶר־1
How it is rendered · 3
- a crown of1
- a head-dress of1
- with a crown of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
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- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Esther3 occurrences
- Esther 1:11בְּכֶ֣תֶרbekheterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.here: with a crown of
- Esther 2:17כֶּֽתֶר־keter-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.here: a crown of
- Esther 6:8כֶּ֥תֶרketernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.here: a head-dress of