To come
אֲתָהStrong’s H0858atah (a-tah)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atah is the Aramaic word usually translated “came”, “bring” and “brought”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”
Meaning
- To come, arrive(P'al) to come · (Aphel) to bring · (Hophal) to be brought
- Used in the NT in the phrase "maranatha" -"Lord come"
How it's translated
- he came 3
- to bring 2
- and they brought 2
- they have come 1
- to come 1
- they were brought 1
- and come 1
- they brought 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 12
- Ezra 3
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:13In contextThen Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
- Daniel 3:26In contextThen Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
- Daniel 5:2In contextBelshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
- Daniel 5:3In contextThen they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
- Daniel 5:13In contextThen was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
- Daniel 5:23In contextBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Aramaic dictionary
אֲתָה atah · to come
1) to come, arrive 1a) (P'al) to come 1b) (Aphel) to bring 1c) (Hophal) to be brought 2) used in the NT in the phrase "maranatha" -"Lord come" Aramaic of a.tah (אָתָה "to come" H0857)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “come” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COME, verb intransitive
- To move towards; to advance near, in any manner, and from any distance.
- To draw nigh; to approach; to arrive; to be present“COME thou and all thy house into the ark” Genesis 7:1“All my time will I wait, till my change come” Job 14:14“When shall I come and appear before God?” Psalms 42:2“Then shall the end come” Matthew 24:14“Thy kingdom come; thy will be done” Matthew 6:10
- To advance and arrive at some state or condition; as, the ships came to action; the players came to blows; is it come to this?“His sons come to honor and he knoweth it not” Job 14:21
- To happen or fall out; as, how comes that? Let come what will.“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds” Ezra 9:13“All things come alike to all” Ecclesiastes 9:2
All definitions and other forms of “come”
- To advance or move into view; to appear; as, blood or color comes and goes in the face.
- To sprout, as plants; to spring. Isaiah 37:3
- To become.
- To appear or be formed, as butter; to advance or change from cream to butter; a common use of the word; as, the butter comes.
- come in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come let us go.“The Lord will come down on mount Sinai” Exodus 19:11“Your principalities shall come down” Jeremiah 13:18“COME down from thy glory” Jeremiah 48:18
COME, noun
A sprout.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.