atara · crown

What it means

atara (עֲטָרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crown”.

A crown: a ring of precious metal worn by a king; also an image of honor.

How to say it

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. A ring of gold worn round a king's head; also whatever gives someone honor.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• crown ×20
• crowns ×3

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Esther×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×5
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×4
• Jeremiah×1
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×3
• Zechariah×2

• 2 Samuel 12:30

  He took the crown of their king from his head (its weight was a talent of gold, and it had a precious stone), and it was on the head of David. And the spoil of the city he brought out, a very great amount.

• 1 Chronicles 20:2

  David took the crown of their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and on it was a precious stone; and it was on the head of David. And the spoil of the city he brought out, a very great amount.

• Esther 8:15

  And Mordecai went out from before the king in a royal robe of blue and white cloth, and with a great golden crown and a mantle of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted for joy and was glad.

• Job 19:9

  He has stripped me of my honor, and removed the crown from my head.

• Job 31:36

  Surely on my shoulder I would carry it; I would bind it on myself as crowns.

• Psalms 21:3

  For you go out to meet him with blessings of good; you set on his head a crown of fine gold.

• Proverbs 4:9

  She will place on your head a garland of favor; a crown of beauty she will present to you.”

• Proverbs 12:4

  A woman of worth is the crown of her husband, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

• Proverbs 14:24

  The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the senseless is folly.

• Proverbs 16:31

  A crown of beauty is gray hair; in the way of righteousness it is found.

• Proverbs 17:6

  The crown of the old are the sons of their sons, and the beauty of sons are their fathers.

• Song of Songs 3:11

  Go out and look, daughters of Zion, at King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding and on the day of the joy of his heart.

• Isaiah 28:1

  Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower, the adornment of its beauty, which is on the head of the valley of fatness of those struck down by wine!

• Isaiah 28:3

  Under feet will be trampled the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.

• Isaiah 28:5

  On that day YHWH Tsevaot will be a crown of adornment and a diadem of beauty for the remnant of his people,

• Isaiah 62:3

  And you will be a crown of beauty in the hand of YHWH, and a royal turban in the palm of your Elohim.

• Jeremiah 13:18

  Say to the king and to the lady: “Humble yourselves, sit down, for from your heads has come down the crown of your beauty.”

• Lamentations 5:16

  The crown of our head has fallen; woe now to us, for we have sinned!

• Ezekiel 16:12

  And I put a ring in your nose and earrings in your ears and a crown of beauty on your head.

• Ezekiel 21:26

  thus says Adonai YHWH: Remove the turban and take off the crown! This will not be this! The low exalt, and the high bring low.

• Ezekiel 23:42

  And the sound of a carefree crowd was in her, and with men from the multitude of humankind Sabeans were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on their hands and a crown of beauty on their heads.

• Zechariah 6:11

  And take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

• Zechariah 6:14

  And the crowns will be for Helem and for Tobiah and for Jedaiah and for Hen son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of YHWH.