Lexical Definition

‎כָּתַר‎ kâthar (kaw-thar') to surround ^H:V
a primitive root

beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.

• to enclose
• hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege
• also to wait (as restraining oneself)

1) to surround
1a) (Piel) to surround
1b) (Hiphil) to surround, encircle

See Greek: καταδυναστεύω · κρατέω · μένω · περιέχω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּתַר‎] verb surround (in Pi`el), (Aramaic ‎כַּתַּר‎ Pa`el, wait, hope for; Pa`el wait, await, remain: i.e. perhaps surrounded expectantly, see Job 36:2 below) —

Pi`el Perfect 3 plural ‎כִּתְּרוּ‎ Judg 20:43 of surrounding an enemy; suffix ‎כִּתְּרוּנִי‎ Ps 22:13* (in figurative; || ‎סְבָבוּנִי‎); Imperative ‎כַּתַּרלִֿי‎ Job 36:2 wait, I pray (as in Aramaic) Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎בִּי יַכְּתִּרוּ‎ ‎צַדִּיקִים‎ Ps 142:8* dubious, throw out crowns (Ges^{«GKC:53g»§ 53g}), i.e. appear with crowns (denominative from ‎כֶּתֶר‎; but this very late — only in Esther); figurative for triumph, because of me; but Gr Che ‎יִתְפָּֽאֲרוּ‎ (see I. ‎פאר‎); ‎יַכְתִּרוּ דָ֑עַת‎ Prov 14:18 dubious, Thes De and others throw out knowledge as a crown, make knowledge their crown (denominative from ‎כֶּתֶר‎; but see above), Now, encompass knowledge, i.e. possess it (|| ‎נָָֽחֲלוּ‎); sense good, but meaning of ‎׳‎‎כ‎ without ||. Participle ‎מַכְתִּיר‎ surrounding (as Pi`el) Hab 1:4 (with accusative of enemy).

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