To proceed
עָתַקStrong’s H6275ataq (a-taq)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ataq is the Hebrew word usually translated “moved on”, “removes” and “it moves”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.”
Meaning
- To move, proceed, advance, move on, become old, be removed(Qal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and he moved on 2
- the removes 1
- it moves 1
- so it may move 1
- they grow old 1
- they have moved away 1
- it has grown weak 1
- they copied 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 5
- Genesis 2
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 26:22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
- Job 9:5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
- Job 14:18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
- Job 18:4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
- Job 21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
- Job 32:15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
Hebrew dictionary
עָתַק ataq · to proceed
1) to move, proceed, advance, move on, become old, be removed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to move 1a2) to advance (in years), grow old and weak 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to move forward, proceed, move on 1b2) to remove 1b3) to transcribe
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remove” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMOVE, verb transitive
[Latin removeo; re and moveo, to move.]
- To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner; as, to remove a building.“Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark” Deuteronomy 19:14
- To displace from an office.
- To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy; as, to remove a disease or complaint.“REMOVE sorrow from thine heart” Ecclesiastes 11:10
- To carry from one court to another; as, to remove a cause or suit by appeal.
All definitions and other forms of “remove”
- To take from the present state of being; as, to remove one by death.
REMOVE, verb intransitive
- To change place in any manner.
- To go from one place to another.
- To change the place of residence; as, to remove from New York to Philadelphia.
REMOVE, noun
- Change of place.
- Translation of one to the place of another.
- State of being removed.
- Act of moving a man in chess or other game.
- Departure; a going away.
- The act of changing place; removal.
- A step in any scale of gradation.
- Any indefinite distance; as a small or great remove
- The act of putting a horse's shoes on different feet.
- A dish to be changed while the rest of the course remains.
- Susceptibility of being removed. [Not in use.]
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.