Surpassing
עָתֵקStrong’s H6276ateq (a-teq)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Ateq is the Hebrew word usually translated “enduring”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.”
Meaning
- Handed forward, advanced, enduring, durable, valuable, eminent, surpassing
How it's translated
- enduring 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
עָתֵק ateq · surpassing
handed forward, advanced, enduring, durable, valuable, eminent, surpassing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “surpassing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SURP'ASSING, participle present
tense Exceeding; going beyond.
- adjective Excellent in an eminent degree; exceeding others.
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.