# עָטַר (atar)

Israeli respelling: a-tar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5849. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)

King James renderings: compass, crown.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/atar-h5849

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 23:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/23/26) — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear o…
- [Psalms 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/5/12) — For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
- [Psalms 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/8/5) — For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- [Psalms 65:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/65/11) — Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
- [Psalms 103:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/4) — Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- [Song of Solomon 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/3/11) — Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and…
- [Isaiah 23:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/23/8) — Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?