Strong’s H5849 · Hebrew

עָטַר
ʻâṭar
aw-tar'

Definition

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

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • compass
  • crown

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.