Hebrew verb · H5849
עָטַר
ataraw-tar'
to surround; to crown
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâṭar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5849is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5849
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: compass, crown.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
atar is rendered "to surround; to crown". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to surround".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 23:26Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
1 Samuel 23:26עֹֽטְרִ֛ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's seven uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to surround, and to crown.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to surroundStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Samuel 23:26Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side… |
| to crownStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- surrounding1
- that she crowned1
- which bestows crowns1
- who crowns you1
- you crown1
- you crown him1
- you surround him1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָטַף | ataph | to turn aside | Uses15 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑ה1
- הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִי1
- עֹֽטְרִ֛ים1
- עִ֭טַּרְתָּ1
- שֶׁעִטְּרָה־1
- תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃1
- תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singular1HTd/Vhrfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HTd/Vprmsc/Sp2fs
- relative particle (“who / which”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HTr/Vpp3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi2ms/Sp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi2ms/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
1 Samuel
one use
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- עֹֽטְרִ֛יםʾoterimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: surrounding
Psalms
four uses
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃ta'terenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you surround him
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
- תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃teaterehuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you crown him
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.
- עִ֭טַּרְתָּʾitartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you crown
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִיhamaterekhithe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: who crowns you
Song of Solomon
one use
Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
- שֶׁעִטְּרָה־sheiterah-relative particle (“who / which”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: that she crowned
Isaiah
one use
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
- הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑הhamaatirahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: which bestows crowns
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.