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Judges 20:43
“Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּתַרkâthar · kaw-thar'
H3803 · Hebrew
H3803 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.
- Grammar
- כִּתְּר֤וּ — verb Piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 36:2Psalms 22:13Psalms 142:8Proverbs 14:18Habakkuk 1:4
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 כָּתַר 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.