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H857 אָתָה (ʼâthâh) aw-thaw'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to come

Strong's Definition

to arrive

Derivation: or אָתָא; a primitive root (collateral to H225 (אוּת) contraction);

KJV Usage: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.

TWOT Reference: 188

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to come, arrive
1a) (Qal) to come (of men, time, beasts, calamity)
1b) (Hiphil) to bring

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָתָה (a.tah) — to come. 1) to come, arrive 1a) (Qal) to come (of men, time, beasts, calamity) 1b) (Hiphil) to bring Aramaic equivalent: a.tah (אֲתָה "to come" H0858)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · אֱלִיאָתָה

Move | verb qal | ≈ בוא · קרב

to come = to move to a certain location, seen from that location's perspective

DEU 33:2 · DEU 33:21 · EZR 4:12 · EZR 5:3 · EZR 5:16 · JOB 30:14 · PSA 68:32 · ISA 21:12 · ISA 41:5 · ISA 41:25 · ISA 56:9 · ISA 56:12 · JER 3:22 · DAN 3:2 · DAN 3:26 · DAN 7:13 · DAN 7:22

Move | verb hif

to bring = to take something or someone to a certain location, seen from that locations's perspective

ISA 21:14 · JER 12:9 · DAN 3:13 · DAN 3:13 · DAN 5:2 · DAN 5:3 · DAN 5:13 · DAN 5:23 · DAN 6:17 · DAN 6:18 · DAN 6:25

Happen | verb qal | ≈ בוא

to come (upon someone), to happen (to someone) literally: to come; hence: = process by which things happen to someone ◄ as if it were a person coming to visit

JOB 3:25 · JOB 16:22 · JOB 37:22 · PRO 1:27 · ISA 21:12 · ISA 41:23 · ISA 44:7 · ISA 45:11 · MIC 4:8

1 ISA 45:11 MT HOTTP-B NIV "things to come" NJPS "destiny" | RSV NRSV האתם "will you (question me?)" | NJB האותות "the signs" | REB GNT CEV האתי "me?"

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָתָה vb. come (in Heb. only poet.) Qal come

Hiph. bring

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Bible Occurrences (20)

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