Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H3803
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- kathar
- Pronunciation
- kaw-thar'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H3803
- Brief meaning
- To enclose, hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege, also to wait (as restraining oneself)
- Source renderings
- beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
03803\ 3803 kathar kaw-thar' a primitive root; to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself):--beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.