Lexical 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). |
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