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עָתַר

atar · plead, pray

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6279 · appears 20 times in the Bible

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What it means

atar (עָתַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “plead, pray”.

Earnestly to God; in another form of the verb, let oneself be entreated: answer the plea.

How to say it

a·tar

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

  1. To pray to God persistently, asking him for something.
  2. God accepts the plea and responds.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Pray ×7
  • he let himself be entreated ×3
  • heeded the plea ×2
  • pleaded ×2
  • prayed ×2
  • He prays ×1
  • granted his plea ×1
  • he granted their plea ×1
  • he will let himself be entreated ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 25:21

    Isaac pleaded with YHWH on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and YHWH granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  • Exodus 8:8

    Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to YHWH that he remove the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to YHWH.”

  • Exodus 8:9

    Moses said to Pharaoh, “Have the honor over me: for when shall I pray for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and from your houses and remain only in the Nile?”

  • Exodus 8:28

    Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to YHWH your Elohim in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. Pray for me.”

  • Exodus 8:29

    Moses said, “Look, I am going out from you, and I will pray to YHWH, and the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only let Pharaoh not again deal deceitfully by not letting the people go to sacrifice to YHWH.”

  • Exodus 8:30

    So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to YHWH.

  • Exodus 9:28

    Pray to YHWH, for there has been enough of thunder of Elohim and hail; and I will let you go, and you will not have to stay any longer.”

  • Exodus 10:17

    So now, please forgive my sin only this time, and pray to YHWH your Elohim that he only remove this death from me.”

  • Exodus 10:18

    So he went out from Pharaoh and prayed to YHWH.

  • Judges 13:8

    Then Manoah pleaded with YHWH and said, “Pardon, Adonai, let the man of Elohim whom you sent come again, please, to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”

  • 2 Samuel 21:14

    They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they did all that the king commanded. And after that Elohim heeded the plea for the land.

  • 2 Samuel 24:25

    David built there an altar to YHWH and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings. And YHWH heeded the plea for the land, and the plague was stopped from Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:20

    And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to Elohim in the battle, and he granted their plea, because they trusted in him.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:13

    He prayed to him, and he let himself be entreated by him, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that YHWH is Elohim.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19

    His prayer and how he let himself be entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness, and the places where he built high places and set up the Asherahs and the carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the words of Hozai.

  • Ezra 8:23

    So we fasted and sought from our Elohim concerning this, and he let himself be entreated by us.

  • Job 22:27

    You will pray to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows.

  • Job 33:26

    He prays to Eloah, and he is pleased with him, and he sees his face with acclamation, and he restores to the mortal his righteousness.

  • Isaiah 19:22

    And YHWH will strike Egypt, striking and healing; and they will return to YHWH, and he will let himself be entreated by them and will heal them.

And 1 more times.