King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3803
Transliteration: kathar
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-thar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to surround
Meaning: to enclose, to crown, to besiege, to wait
Word Summary
kathar: to surround
Original Word: כָּתַרTransliteration: kathar
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-thar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to surround
Meaning: to enclose, to crown, to besiege, to wait
Strong's Concordance
beset round, compass about, be crowne, suffer A primitive root; to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself) -- beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3803. kathar
[כָּתַר] verb surround (in
Pi`el), (Aramaic כַּתַּר Pa`el, wait, hope for; Pa`el wait, await, remain: i.e. perhaps surrounded expectantly, see Job 36:2 below) —
Pi`el Perfect3plural כִּתְּרוּ Judges 20:43 of surrounding an enemy; suffix כִּתְּרוּנִי Psalm 22:13 (in figurative; "" סְבָבוּנִי); Imperative כַּתַּרלִֿי Job 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic)
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine plural צַדִּיקִים יַכְּתִּרוּ בִּי Psalm 142:8 dubious, throw out crowns (Ges§ 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 יִתְמָּֽאֲרוּ (see I. פאר); דָ֑עַת יַכְתִּרוּ Proverbs 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) Habakkuk 1:4 (with accusative of enemy).