ʻâṭâh — H5844

Definition

verb

to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll

1. to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself
1. (Qal)
1. to wrap, envelop oneself
2. to cover (the beard in mourning)
3. mourner, one who covers (participle)
2. (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop
2. to grasp
1. (Qal) to grasp

Usually translated as

cover, be clad, covering, turn aside, array self, fill, put on, surely

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ágō (G71)
• anabállomai (G306)
• dídōmi (G1325)
• epérchomai (G1904)
• érchomai (G2064)
• hespéra (G2073)
• hḗkō (G2240)
• hēméra (G2250)
• idoú (G2400)
• kairós (G2540)
• katalaléō (G2635)
• katachéō (G2708)
• nŷn (G3568)
• páreimi (G3918)
• peribállō (G4016)
• phérō (G5342)

Occurrences

ʻâṭâh occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (6), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Micah (1)

• Leviticus 13:45 — And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering (יַעְטֶ֑ה) upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
• 1 Samuel 28:14 — And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered (עֹטֶ֖ה) with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
• Psalms 71:13 — Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered (יַֽעֲט֣וּ) with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
• Psalms 84:6 — Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth (יַעְטֶ֥ה) the pools.
• Psalms 89:45 — The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered (הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ) him with shame. Selah.
• Psalms 104:2 — Who coverest (עֹֽטֶה) thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
• Psalms 109:19 — Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth (יַעְטֶ֑ה) him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
• Psalms 109:29 — Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover (וְיַעֲט֖וּ) themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
• Song of Songs 1:7 — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside (כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה) by the flocks of thy companions?
• Isaiah 22:17 — Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover (עָטֹֽה) thee.
• Isaiah 22:17 — Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover (וְעֹטְךָ֖) thee.
• Isaiah 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad (וַיַּ֥עַט) with zeal as a cloke.
• Jeremiah 43:12 — And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself (וְעָטָה֩) with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
• Jeremiah 43:12 — And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on (יַעְטֶ֤ה) his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
• Ezekiel 24:17 — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover (תַעְטֶה֙) not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
• Ezekiel 24:22 — And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover (תַעְט֔וּ) your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
• Micah 3:7 — Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover (וְעָט֥וּ) their lips; for there is no answer of God.