עָתִידʻâthîyd
עָתִיד: ready, prepared
Pronunciation: aw-theed' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6264
Meanings
1. ready for the onset, ready for the day (Job 15:24; Esther 3:14; Esther 8:13)
2. ready, = skilled (Job 3:8)
3. prepared, = impending (Deuteronomy 32:35)
4. prepared, = stored up (Isaiah 10:13)
: ready (Daniel 3:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disaster will arrive, and their destiny will overtake them.’
- Esther 3:14 A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that they would be ready to do their duty on the appointed day.
- Esther 8:13 A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that the Jews would be ready to take revenge on their enemies on the appointed day.
- Job 3:8 Let those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan— curse that day.
- Job 15:24 That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for battle.
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).