Strong's Lexicon

H3803

H3803 — כָּתַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkatharverb-stemOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1060

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3803
Word:כָּתַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:kathar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-thar'
Meaning:1. to enclose 2. hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege 3. also to wait (as restraining oneself)
KJV Renderings:beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4255

[כָּתַר] verb surround (in Pi`el), (Aramaic כַּתַּר Pa`el, wait, hope for; [untranscribed source text 2694] Pa`el wait, await, remain: i.e. perhaps surrounded expectantly , see Job 36:2 below) —

Pi`el Perfect 3 plural כִּתְּרוּ Judg 20:43 of surrounding an enemy; suffix כִּתְּרוּנִי Ps 22:13 (in figurative; || סְבָבוּנִי); Imperative כַּתַּרלִֿי Job 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic)
Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural בִּי יַכְּתִּרוּ צַדִּיקִים Ps 142:8 dubious, throw out crowns (Ges «GKC:53g»§ 53g), i.e. appear with crowns (denominative from כֶּתֶר; but this very late — only in Esther); figurative for triumph, because of me; but Gr Che יִתְפָּֽאֲרוּ (see I. פאר ); יַכְתִּרוּ דָ֑עַת Prov 14:18 dubious, Thes De and others throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denominative from כֶּתֶר; but see above), Now, encompass knowledge, i.e. possess it (|| נָָֽחֲלוּ); sense good, but meaning of ׳ כ without ||. Participle מַכְתִּיר surrounding (as Pi`el) Hab 1:4 (with accusative of enemy).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כתר (kah-thar’)

Psalms 22:12

KJV: Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
EHCC: (13). (bulls) of Bashan have beset me round.

Job 36:2

KJV: Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.I have…: Heb. there are yet words for God
EHCC: Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee

Psalms 142:7

KJV: Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
EHCC: (8).the righteous shall compass me about’;

Proverbs 14:18

KJV: The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
EHCC: the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Habakkuk 1:4

KJV: Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.wrong: or, wrested
EHCC: the wicked doth compass about the
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