H3803 - כָּתַר (kâthar)

H3803 כָּתַר (kâthar) kaw-thar'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)

KJV Usage: beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּתַר (ka.tar) — to surround. 1) to surround 1a) (Piel) to surround 1b) (Hiphil) to surround, encircle

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כתר (H3803)

verb

Non-Engage

to wait for = process by which humans refrain from action for some time

JOB 36:2

verb · כֶּתֶר · כֹּתֶרֶת

Space | verb pi, verb hif | ≈ סבב

to surround = action by which a group of humans takes position all around another group or an individual

JDG 20:43 · PSA 22:13 · PSA 142:8

Unsafe | verb hif

to hem in exact meaning unknown; literally: to surround; hence, possibly: = action by which a group of humans cause other groups to be ineffective in their activities

HAB 1:4

Engage | verb hif

to gain exact meaning unknown; literally: to surround; hence, possibly: = process by which humans acquire a certain quality

PRO 14:18

¹ PSA 142:8 RSV NRSV ESV "surround (me)" NIV "gather about (me)" NJB "gather round (me)" | NJPS "glory (in me)" REB "place a crown (on me)" ² HAB 1:4 RSV NRSV ESV "surround" NIV REB "hem in" NJPS "hedges in" NJB "outwits" GNT "get the better of" CEV "crowd out" ³ PRO 14:18 RSV NIV NRSV REB ESV "are crowned" | NJPS "glory"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כָּתַר] vb. surround (in Pi.) Pi. of surrounding an enemy

Hiph. throw out crowns, i.e. appear with crowns

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