Word Study · Strong's H5849 · Hebrew
עָטַר
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aw-tar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâṭar
“to encircle (for attack or protection)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
compass, crown.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑ה1
- הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִי1
- עֹֽטְרִ֛ים1
- עִ֭טַּרְתָּ1
- שֶׁעִטְּרָה־1
- תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃1
- תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃1
How it is rendered · 7
- [were] surrounding1
- that she crowned1
- which bestows crowns1
- who crowns you1
- you crown1
- you crown him1
- you surround him1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- relative particle (“who / which”) + verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Vhrfsa · 1
- HTd/Vprmsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HTr/Vpp3fs · 1
- HVpi2ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVpp2ms · 1
- HVqi2ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqrmpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 5:12תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃ta'terenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFor surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.here: you surround him
- Psalms 8:5תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃teaterehuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularYou made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.here: you crown him
- Psalms 65:11עִ֭טַּרְתָּʾitartaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.here: you crown
- Psalms 103:4הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִיhamaterekhithe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularwho redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,here: who crowns you