Strong’s H870 · Hebrew
אֲתַר
ʼăthar
ath-ar'
Definition
a place; (adverb) after
Etymology
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of H871 (אֲתָרִים);
Where the KJV renders it
- after
- place
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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