Strong H58492 sensesעָטַר

to crown · to surround

Transliteration
‛âţar
Pronunciation
aw-tar'

The 2 senses of Strong H5849

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5849 appears in 7 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to crownH5849Bto crown, give a crown5 verses · Psalms, Song of Songs, Isaiah
  2. to surroundH5849A(Qal) to surround1 verse · Psalms

General definition

A primitive root; to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively): - {compass} crown.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • crown2
  • compass2
  • crowneth1
  • crowning1
  • round1
  • thou1

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 23:26
    And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
  2. Psalms 5:12
    For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
  3. Psalms 8:5
    For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
  4. Psalms 65:11
    Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
  5. Psalms 103:4
    Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
  6. Song of Songs 3:11
    Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
  7. Isaiah 23:8
    Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?