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# עֲטֶרֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5850

**Ataroth** — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Ataroth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5850/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲטָרָה: n.f. crown, wreath [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5850/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. crown, wreath;—abs. ע׳ Ez 21:31; Ct 3:11; cstr. עֲטֶרֶת 2 S 12:30 + 17 times; pl. עֲטָרוֹת Zc 6:11; Jb 31:36, עֲטָרֹת Zc 6:14;—crown: of idol-image (Milcom, 𝔊 We Klo Dr Kit Löhr HPS) 2 S 12:30 = 1 Ch 20:2; golden, ע׳ פָּז ψ 21:4; ע׳ תִּפְאַרְתְּכֶם of king and queen, Je 13:18 the crown of your splendour; cf. Ez 21:31; wedding-crown Ct 3:11. ע׳ זָהָב Est 8:15 (of Mordecai); of silver and gold Zc 6:11, 14; ע׳ תִּפְאֶרֶת crown of splendour, on personif. Jerus. Ez 16:12 (in allegory), Jerus. and Samaria 23:42; ע׳ as appos. (= sim.) Jb 31:36. fig. of honour, etc., Jb 19:9 (‖ כְּבוֹדִי) La 5:16; אֵשֶׁת חַיִל ע׳ בַּעְלָהּ Pr 12:4, cf. 14:24; 17:6; ע׳ תִּפְאֶרֶת 16:31 (of שֵׂיבָה); gift of wisdom 4:9; fig. of Jerus. Is 62:3 (‖ צְנִיף מְלוּכָה), cf. ע׳ גֵאוּת 28:1, 3 fig. of Samaria; fig. of י׳, ע׳ צְבִי v 5 (‖ צְפִירַת תִּפְאָרָה).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the crown (7); a crown (6); crown (3).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 14:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.24/#tree)

עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עָשְׁרָ֑ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].crown of.wise.\[people\] wealth \[is\].their \[the\].folly of.fools \[is\].folly

*JPS 1917:* The crown of the wise is their riches; but the folly of fools remaineth folly.

[Proverbs 16:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.31/#tree)

עֲטֶ֣רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת שֵׂיבָ֑ה בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה תִּמָּצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.crown of.splendor gray.hair in.\[the\] way of.righteousness it.is.found

*JPS 1917:* The hoary head is a crown of glory, it is found in the way of righteousness.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5850.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5850/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).