Lexical Definition

‎עָתָר‎ ʻâthâr (aw-thawr') worshiper ^H:N-M
from ‎עָתַר‎; also compare ‎עָתַר‎

suppliant, thick.

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

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

Extended Information

• odour, incense (odoriferous smoke)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎עָתַר‎] noun [masculine] suppliant, worshipper (?; so usually, but dubious); — only plural suffix ‎עֲתָרַי‎ Zeph 3:10.

II. [‎עָתָר‎] noun [masculine] odour (si vera lectio) (so Vrss.); — construct ‎עֲתַר‎ Ezek 8:11, of incense.

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