ʼâṭâd — H329

Definition

masculine noun

a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn)

1. bramble, thorn, buckthorn
2. the threshing Atad, meaning thorn, also called Abelmizraim and afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho

Usually translated as

bramble, Atad, thorn

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast

Occurrences

ʼâṭâd occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Judges (2), Psalms (1)

• Genesis 50:10 — And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad (הָאָטָ֗ד), which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
• Genesis 50:11 — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad (הָֽאָטָ֔ד), they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
• Judges 9:14 — Then said all the trees unto the bramble (הָאָטָ֑ד), Come thou, and reign over us.
• Judges 9:15 — And the bramble (הָאָטָד֮) said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
• Judges 9:15 — And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble (הָ֣אָטָ֔ד), and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
• Psalms 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns (אָטָ֑ד), he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.