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Strong's #6279 - עָתַר
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2910) rtg (גהתר GhTR) AC: Intercede CO: Incense AB: ?: The burning of incense as a form of prayer for intercession or supplication.
V) rtg (גהתר GhTR) - Intercede: To supplicate on the behalf of another. KJV (20): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) intreat, pray, prayer - Strongs: H6279 (עָתַר)
Nm) rtg (גהתר GhTR) - Dark: As a thick and dark cloud of incense. KJV (2): thick, suppliant - Strongs: H6282 (עָתָר)
Jeff Brenner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
עָתַר fut. יֶעְתַּר
(1) i.q. קָטַר to burn incense to a god (Syr. ܥܛܰܪ to smoke with perfume, ܥܶܛܪܐܳ incense; Arab. عطر to breathe odours). Hence עָתָר No. 1.
(2) to pray as a suppliant, to pray to a god (the prayers of the godly being compared to incense; comp. μνημόσυνον τῆς προσευχῆς, Tob_12:12 Acts 10:4); to supplicate, to intreat, followed by. לְ and אֶל Genesis 25:21; Exodus 8:26, 10:18 Job 33:26.
Niphal, to let oneself be supplicated by any one (followed by a dat.), to hear and answer, Genesis 25:21, וַיֵּעָתֶר לוֹ יְהֹוָה “and Jehovah heard and answered him;” 2 Samuel 21:14; Isaiah 19:22. Inf. absol. נַעְתּוֹר 1 Chronicles 5:20.
Hiphil, i.q. Kal, Exodus 8:25, 10:17. Followed by לְ and בְּעַד to be intreated for any one, Exodus 8:5, 24.
Derivative, עָתָר.
II.
עָתַר i.q. Chald. עֲתַר (Hebrew עָשַׁר) to be abundant; not used in Kal.
Niphal. id. Proverbs 27:6, “abundant (i.e. many, frequent) are the kisses of an enemy.” Opp. to, “faithful are the wounds of a friend.”
Hiphil, to multiply, to accumulate, Ezekiel 35:13, וְהַעְתַּרְתֶּם עָלַי דִּבְרֵיכֶם “you have multiplied against me words”, sc. impudent, impious words. Compare גָּדוֹל No. 2.
Derivatives, עֲתֶרֶת and pr.n. עֶתֶר.
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