Hebrew verb · H857
אָתָה
athahaw-thaw'
to come
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâthâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H857is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H857
to arrive
The King James renders it: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
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
athah is rendered "to come". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
Deuteronomy 33:2וְאָתָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- come3
- and he came2
- bring2
- it will come2
- the coming2
- they will come2
- and coming1
- and he has come1
- and it came to me1
- and they have come1
- it comes1
- it will arrive1
and 2 more, 21 uses in all
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָתָה | athah | to come | Uses16 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 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
- הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת2
- יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ2
- אָתָ֥ה1
- אֵתָ֕יוּ1
- אֵתָ֥יוּ1
- אֵתָֽיוּ׃ ס1
- אָתָ֣נוּ1
- הֵתָ֣יוּ1
- הֵתָ֥יוּ1
- וְאָתָ֖ה1
- וְאֹתִיּ֛וֹת1
- וַיַּ֔את1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural3HVqv2mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine plural2HTd/Vqrfpa
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVhv2mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine plural1HC/Vqrfpa
- Hc/Vqw3mp/Sn1Hc/Vqw3mp/Sn
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs1Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqi3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1HVqp1cp
Deuteronomy
two uses
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- וְאָתָ֖הveatahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he came
He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
- וַיֵּתֵא֙vaiyete'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he came
Job
four uses
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
- וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִיvaiyeetayeniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and it came to me
For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
- יֶאֱתָ֑יוּyeetayuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will come
They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
- יֶאֱתָ֑יוּyeetayuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they come
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
- יֶֽאֱתֶ֑הyeetehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it comes
Psalms
one use
Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
- יֶאֱתָ֣יוּyeetayuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will come
Proverbs
one use
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- יֶאֱתֶ֑הyeetehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will arrive
Isaiah
ten uses
The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
- אָתָ֥הʾatahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will come
- אֵתָֽיוּ׃ סʾetayuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: come
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
- הֵתָ֣יוּhetayuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bring
The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
- וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃vaiyeetayunHc/Vqw3mp/Sntagged: and they have come
Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
- הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹתhaotiyotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the coming
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
- וַיַּ֔אתvaiyatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has come
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
- וְאֹתִיּ֛וֹתveotiyotconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: and coming
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
- הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹתhaotiyotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: the coming
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- אֵתָ֕יוּʾetayuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: come
“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
- אֵתָ֥יוּʾetayuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: come
Jeremiah
two uses
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
- אָתָ֣נוּʾatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have come
Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
- הֵתָ֥יוּhetayuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: bring
Micah
one use
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
- תֵּאתֶ֑הtetehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will come
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.
