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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