Strong’s H857 · Hebrew

אָתָה
ʼâthâh
aw-thaw'

Definition

to arrive

Etymology

or אָתָא; a primitive root (collateral to H225 (אוּת) contraction);

Where the KJV renders it

  • (be-
  • things to) come (upon)
  • bring

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.

What the first audience heard

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