The meaning of “עֲטָרוֹת”
Understanding ʻĂṭârôwth reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or עֲטָרֹת ʻĂṭârôth (at-awroth'); plural of עֲטָרָה Ataroth. - § Ataroth = "crowns" - Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of...
עֲטָרוֹת
or עֲטָרֹת ʻĂṭârôth (at-awroth'); plural of עֲטָרָה Ataroth. - § Ataroth = "crowns" - Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine 1) a town east of the Jordan in Gilead, taken and built by the tribe of Gad 2) a place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh 3) a place between Ephraim and Benjamin
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 32:3 | “Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,” Word: עֲטָרוֹת (ʻĂṭârôwth) | |
| Numbers 32:34 | “And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,” Word: עֲטָרוֹת (ʻĂṭârôwth) | |
| Joshua 16:2 | “And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,” Word: עֲטָרוֹת (ʻĂṭârôwth) | |
| Joshua 16:7 | “And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.” Word: עֲטָרוֹת (ʻĂṭârôwth) | |
| 1 Chronicles 2:54 | “The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.” Word: עֲטָרוֹת (ʻĂṭârôwth) |