ʻâthâr — H6282

Definition

masculine noun

incense (as increasing to a volume of smoke); hence a worshipper

1. suppliant, worshipper
2. odour, incense (odoriferous smoke)

Usually translated as

thick, suppliant

Origin

from H6280; also compare H6279

• ʻâthar (H6280)
• ʻâthar (H6279)

Occurrences

ʻâthâr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Ezekiel 8:11 — And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick (וַעֲתַ֥ר) cloud of incense went up.
• Zephaniah 3:10 — From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants (עֲתָרַי֙), even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.