עָטַרʻâṭar
עָטַר: surround
Pronunciation: aw-tar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5849
Meanings
Qal: as with a shield, with favour will thou surround him; Participle, were surrounding (Psalms 5:13; 1 Samuel 23:26)
עָטַר: crown
Pi`el: with which, crowned him (Song of Solomon 3:11; Psalms 65:12; Psalms 8:6)
Hiph`il: Tyre the crown-bestower, the crown-wearer (Isaiah 23:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 23:26 Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
- Psalms 5:12 For you bless the godly, O Lord; you surround them with your shield of love.
- Psalms 8:5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
- Psalms 65:11 You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
- Psalms 103:4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
- Song of Solomon 3:11 Young Woman Come out to see King Solomon, young women of Jerusalem. He wears the crown his mother gave him on his wedding day, his most joyous day.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).