ʻĂṭârôwth — H5852
H5852 · Hebrew — עטרות
Pronunciation: at-aw-roth'
Other spellings: ʻĂṭârôth עֲטָרֹת
Definition
locative proper noun
Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine
- Ataroth = "crowns"
- a town east of the Jordan in Gilead, taken and built by the tribe of Gad
- a place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh
- a place between Ephraim and Benjamin
Usually translated as
Ataroth
Origin
or ʻĂṭârôth; plural of H5850
Occurrences
ʻĂṭârôwth occurs 5 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (3), Joshua (2)
- Numbers 32:3 — Ataroth (עֲטָר֤וֹת), and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:34 — And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth (עֲטָרֹ֑ת), and Aroer,
- Numbers 32:35 — And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
- Joshua 16:2 — And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth (עֲטָרֽוֹת),
- Joshua 16:7 — And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth (עֲטָר֣וֹת), and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.