Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H332 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אָטַר |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | atar |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | aw-tar' |
| Meaning: | 1. to close up |
| KJV Renderings: | shut. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
[אָטַר] verb shut up, close, bind (Arabic [untranscribed source text 165] bend, curve, [untranscribed source text 166] what surrounds, encloses
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Concordance entry
