To surround
עָטַרStrong’s H5849atar (a-tar)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atar is the Hebrew word usually translated “surrounding”, “surround him” and “crown him”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.”
Meaning
- To surround(Qal) to surround
- To crown, give a crown(Piel) to crown · (Hiphil) crown-bestower (participle)
How it's translated
- surrounding 1
- you surround him 1
- you crown him 1
- you crown 1
- who crowns you 1
- that crowned 1
- which bestows crowns 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- 1 Samuel 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 5:12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
- Psalms 8:5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- Psalms 65:11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
- Psalms 103:4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Song of Solomon 3:11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
- Isaiah 23:8Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Hebrew dictionary
עָטַר atar · to surround
1) to surround 1a) (Qal) to surround
עָטַר atar · to crown
1) to crown, give a crown 1a) (Piel) to crown 1b) (Hiphil) crown-bestower (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “surrounding” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SURROUND'ING, participle present
tense Encompassing; inclosing; lying on all sides of.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.