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Job 22:27
“Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָתַרʻâthar · aw-thar'
H6279 · Hebrew
H6279 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
- Derivation
- a primitive root (rather denominative from H6281 (עֶתֶר));
- KJV renderings
- intreat, (make) pray(-er).
- Grammar
- תַּעְתִּ֣יר — verb Hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 20 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 25:21Genesis 25:21Exodus 8:4Exodus 8:5Exodus 8:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָתַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.