Crown
עֲטָרָהStrong’s H5850atarah (a-ta-rah)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “crown of”, “crown” and “on the crown”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;”
Meaning
- Crown, wreath
How it's translated
- crown of 10
- a crown of 5
- and a crown of 3
- a crown 2
- on the crown 1
- the crown 1
- and the crown 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 5
- Isaiah 4
- Ezekiel 3
- Job 2
- Zechariah 2
- 2 Samuel 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 6:14In contextAnd the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 12:30And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 20:2And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
- Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
- Job 19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
- Job 31:36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲטָרָה atarah · crown
crown, wreath
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “crown” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CROWN, noun
[G., Latin ]
- An ornament worn on the head by kings and sovereign princes, as a badge of imperial or regal power and dignity.
- A wreath or garland.
- Honorary distinction; reward.“They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; we, an incorruptible” 1 Corinthians 9:25
- Honor; splendor; dignity.“The crown has fallen from our heads” Lamentations 5:16“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband” Proverbs 12:4
All definitions and other forms of “crown”
- The top of the head; the top of a mountain or other elevated object.
- The part of a hat which covers the top of the head.
- A coin anciently stamped with the figure of a crown The English crown is five shillings sterling.
- Completion; accomplishment.
- Clerical tonsure in a circular form; a little circle shaved on the top of the head, as a mark of ecclesiastical office or distinction.
- Among jewelers, the upper work of a rose diamond.
- In botany, an appendage to the top of a seed, which serves to bear it in the wind.
CROWN, verb transitive
- To invest with a crown or regal ornament.
- To cover, as with a crown; to cover the top.
- To honor; to dignify; to adorn.“Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor” Psalms 8:5
- To reward; to bestow an honorary reward or distinction on; as the victor crowned with laurel.
- To reward; to recompense.
- To terminate or finish; to complete; to perfect.
- To terminate and reward; as, our efforts were crowned with success.
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.