Strong's Definition
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: compass, crown.
TWOT Reference: 1608,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָטַר (a.tar) — to surround. 1) to surround 1a) (Qal) to surround
עָטַר (a.tar) — to crown. 1) to crown, give a crown 1a) (Piel) to crown 1b) (Hiphil) crown-bestower (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֲטָרָה
Space | verb qal
to surround, to close in = action by which humans or deities place themselves around other humans or groups of people; ► either to attack or to protect
1SA 23:26 · PSA 5:13
Dress | verb hif | ≈ שַׂר
to wear a crown = state in which humans wear a crown or diadem on their head; ≈ associated with status and power
Dress | verb pi
to crown = causative action by which humans place a crown or diadem on the head of other humans; ► as a symbol of that person's authority and status as king
Great | verb pi
to crown > to bless literally: to crown; hence: = causative action by which deities increase the status and well-being of humans by giving them certain qualities
Extraordinary | verb pi
to crown > to bless literally: to crown; hence: = causative actions by which deities increase an event's importance by giving it certain qualities
1 ISA 23:8 NJPS GNT CEV | other translations have translated עטר here with "to bestow crowns", probably because of the hiph'il form | on the basis of the context and the parallelism with שַׂר, however, the interpretation chosen here is more likely.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָטַר] vb. surround base
[עָטַר] vb. denom. crown Pi. with which his mother crowned him
Hiph. usu. Tyre the crown-bestower
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