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Worshiper

עָתָרStrong’s H6282

atar (a-tar)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Atar is the Hebrew word usually translated “fragrance of” and “worshippers my”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.”
Ezekiel 8:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Suppliant, worshipper
  2. Odour, incense (odoriferous smoke)
How it's translated
  • and fragrance of 1
  • worshippers my 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1
  • Zephaniah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עָתָר atar · worshiper

suppliant, worshipper

עָתָר atar · odour

odour, incense (odoriferous smoke)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WORSHIPER, noun

One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being; one who adores.

    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.