Hebrew verb · H6279
עָתַר
atharaw-thar'
to pray
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâthar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6279is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6279
to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
The King James renders it: intreat, (make) pray(-er).
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
athar is rendered "to pray". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Genesis 25:21וַיֶּעְתַּ֨ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twenty uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he was entreated6
- and he prayed4
- pray3
- and being entreated1
- and he will be entreated1
- and I will pray1
- and pray1
- he prays1
- will I pray1
- you will pray1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָתַק | athaq | to proceed | Uses9 |
| עָתַד | athad | be ready | Uses2 |
| עָתַר | athar | be abundant | Uses2 |
| עָתַם | atham | to burn | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 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
- וַיֵּעָ֤תֶר2
- וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר2
- אַעְתִּ֣יר1
- הַעְתִּ֣ירוּ1
- הַעְתִּ֖ירוּ1
- הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙1
- וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּ1
- וְהֵֽעָתֶר־1
- וְהַעְתַּרְתִּ֣י1
- וַיֵּעָתֵ֧ר1
- וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר1
- וַיֵּעָתֵ֖ר1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/VNw3ms5Hc/VNw3ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms4Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural3HVhv2mp
- Hc/Vhq1cs1Hc/Vhq1cs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vhv2mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolute1HC/VNaa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/VNcc
- Hc/VNq3ms1Hc/VNq3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhi1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
Genesis
two uses
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- וַיֶּעְתַּ֨רvaiye'tarHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he prayed
- וַיֵּעָ֤תֶרvaiyeaterHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was entreated
Exodus
eight uses
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
- הַעְתִּ֣ירוּha'tiruverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pray
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
- אַעְתִּ֣ירʾa'tirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I pray
Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
- הַעְתִּ֖ירוּha'tiruverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pray
“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
- וְהַעְתַּרְתִּ֣יveha'tartiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will pray
Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
- וַיֶּעְתַּ֖רvaiye'tarHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he prayed
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙ha'tiruverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pray
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
- וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּveha'tiruconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and pray
So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.
- וַיֶּעְתַּ֖רvaiye'tarHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he prayed
Judges
one use
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
- וַיֶּעְתַּ֥רvaiye'tarHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he prayed
2 Samuel
two uses
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- וַיֵּעָתֵ֧רvaiyeaterHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was entreated
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
- וַיֵּעָתֵ֤רvaiyeaterHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was entreated
1 Chronicles
one use
And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
- וְנַעְתּ֥וֹרvena'torconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolutetagged: and he was entreated
2 Chronicles
two uses
And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
- וַיֵּעָ֤תֶרvaiyeaterHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was entreated
His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
- וְהֵֽעָתֶר־veheater-conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and being entreated
Ezra
one use
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
- וַיֵּעָתֵ֖רvaiyeaterHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was entreated
Job
two uses
You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- תַּעְתִּ֣ירta'tirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will pray
He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
- יֶעְתַּ֤רye'tarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prays
Isaiah
one use
And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
- וְנֶעְתַּ֥רvene'tarHc/VNq3mstagged: and he will be entreated
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.