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Ancient/taken

עַתִּיקStrong’s H6267

attiq (at-tiq)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Attiq is the Hebrew word usually translated “ancient” and “removed”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.”
1 Chronicles 4:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. Removed, weaned, old, ancient, taken awayremoved, weaned · old, ancient
How it's translated
  • ancient 1
  • removed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

עַתִּיק attiq · ancient/taken

1) removed, weaned, old, ancient, taken away 1a) removed, weaned 1b) old, ancient Aramaic equivalent: at.tiq (עַתִּיק "ancient" H6268)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “ancient” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

AN'CIENT, adjective

Usually pronounced most anomalously, ancient The pronunciation of the first vowel ought to accord with that is antiquity, anger, anchor, etc. [Lt. ante, antiquus.] We usually apply ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, an ancient record; but never the old sun, old stars, an old river or mountain.

  1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; as, ancient authors, ancient days.
  2. Old; that has been of long duration; as, an ancient forest; an ancient city.
  3. Known from ancient times; as the ancient continent, opposed to the new continent.
All definitions and other forms of “ancient”

    AN'CIENT, noun

    Generally used in the plural, ancients. Those who lived in former ages, opposed to moderns.

    1. In scripture, very old men.“The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people” Isaiah 3:14
    2. ancient is also used for a flag or streamer, in a ship of war; and for an ensign or the bearer of a flag, as in Shakespeare.

    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.