Word

עָטַר

ʻâṭar · H5849 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to surround or close in

The action by which humans or deities place themselves around other humans or groups of people, either to attack or to protect

Examples
1 Samuel 23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, while Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to apprehend them.
Psalm 5:12 For You bless the righteous person, LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield.
to wear a crown

State in which humans wear a crown or diadem on their head; associated with status and power

Examples
Isaiah 23:8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
to crown

The 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

Examples
Song of Solomon 3:11 “Go out, you daughters of Zion, And look at King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of the joy of his heart.”
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

Examples
Psalm 8:5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
Psalm 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with favor and compassion;
to crown > to bless

Literally: to crown; hence: causative actions by which deities increase an event's importance by giving it certain qualities

Examples
Psalm 65:11 You have crowned the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with fatness.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 3
אִישׁman, person, each 1
אֵםmother 1
שָׁאוּלSaul 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

וֹhim 2
שָׁנֶהyear 1
ךְyou 1

Second objectAs in “call him Lord”

3 occurrences in 5 groups

הָדָרmajesty 1
חֵסֵדsteadfast love, kindness, loyalty 1
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
רַחַםcompassion 1
רָצוֹןfavor, acceptance, will 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

כlike/as+ צִנָּהshield, large shield 1
לto/for+ תָּפַשׂto take hold 1
לto/for+ וֹhim 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

צֹרflint 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

στεφανόω stephanóō · G4737 · to give a prize, to provide a reward, to honor: Greek στεφανόω specifically denotes the act of crowning or adorning with a wreath/crown, serving as the verbal equivalent to Hebrew עָטַר's core sense of encircling or crowning; both share the honorific crowning concept across covenant contexts.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Space002002001017: עָטַר describes surrounding or encompassing, as in 1 Samuel 23:26's Saul and his men "surrounding David and his men."
Dress002003001007: The word also describes crowning someone, adorning the head, as in Psalm 103:4's God "who crowns you with favor and compassion."
Great002001002012: This domain reflects the honorific, exalting force of being crowned, part of the word's broader range beyond the citations shown here.
Extraordinary002001003006: This domain reflects the same exalting, distinguishing sense of crowning, part of the word's broader range beyond the citations shown here.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָטַרʻâṭar · H5849עֲטָרָה ʻăṭârâh · H5850 · crown, diadem, garland · 23×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5849. atar [עָטַר] verb surround (Late Hebrew id., and derivatives; Phoenician עטרת…

H5849. atar
[עָטַר] verb surround (Late Hebrew id., and derivatives; Phoenician עטרת wreath, עטר Pi`el denominative crown Lzb339; Aramaic עֲטַר; Assyrian etêru, spare, rescue); —
Qal Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תַּעְטְרֶנּוּ רָצוֺן כַּצִּנָּה Psalm 5:13 as with a shield, with favour will thou surround him; Participle plural אֶלדָּֿוִד עֹטְרִים 1Sa 23:26 Saul and his men were surrounding (closing in) upon David.
[עָטַר] verb denominative crown; —
Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular לוֺ שֶׁעִטְּרָה Son 3:11 with which his mother crowned him (see I. עֲטָרָה
1); elsewhere figurative: 2 masculine singular שְׁנִת עִטַּרְתָּ טוֺבָתֶ֑ךָ Psa 65:12 thou (׳י) hast crowned the year of thy goodness; Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ וְהָדָר וְכַבוֺד Psa 8:6; Participle suffix וְרַחֲמִים חֶסֶד הַמְעַטְּרֵכִי Psa 103:4 (of ׳י).
Hiph`il Participle feminine הַמַּעֲטִירָה צֹר Isa 23:8 usually Tyre the crown-bestower (Ges Ew De CheComm. Di Du GuKau Skinner), but dubious; < the crown-wearer Hi Gr (after ᵑ6), so Ren CheHpt. (reading הַמְּעֻטָּרָה).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Great2 occurrences Extraordinary1 occurrence Space2 occurrences Dress2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0