Strong's Lexicon

H6257

H6257 — עָתַד

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

Hebrewathadverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1719

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6257
Word:	עָתַד
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	athad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`athad (aw-thad') v.
Meaning:	1. to prepare
KJV Renderings:	make fit, be ready to become.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6479

I. [עָתֹד] verb be ready (Late Hebrew adjective עָתִיד future (as prepared); Arabic [untranscribed source text 4138] be ready, prepared (also great, bulky); Syriac [untranscribed source text 4139], ᵑ7 in derived species and derivatives ); —

Pi`el Imperative masculine singular suffix וְעַתְּדָהּ Prov 24:27 and make it ready i. e. thy work (|| הָכֵן).

Hithpa`el Perfect 3 pluralהִתְעַתְּדוּ לִגַלִּים Job 15:28 which [houses] were prepared (destined) for (i.e. to be) heaps of ruin.

BDB9804

[עֲתִיד] adjective ready (see Biblical Hebrew I. עתד); — plural עֲתִידִין Dan 3:15, followed by clause with דִּי.

Other Resources

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

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