עָתַד
atad · be ready, be destined
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6257 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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atad (עָתַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be ready, be destined”.
To prepare, to have ready; in another form, to be ready or destined for something.
How to say it
a·tad
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To make something fit for use.
- To be marked out beforehand for an end.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- get it ready ×1
- were destined ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 15:28
and he dwelt in cities wiped out, in houses that no one lives in, that were destined to become heaps of stones.
- Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work outside, and get it ready in the field for yourself; afterward build your house.