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Atarah meaning

Atarah in Biblical Hebrew
עטרה
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🔼The name Atarah: Summary

Meaning
Crown
Etymology
From the noun עטרה (atarah), crown, from the verb עטר (atar), to surround.
Related names
• Via עטר (atar): Ataroth, Ataroth-addar, Atroth-beth-joab, Atroth-shophan

🔼The name Atarah in the Bible

The name Atarah occurs only once in the Bible. She is the wife of Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron, and the mother of Onam and the grandmother of Shammai and Jada (1 Chronicles 2:26).

🔼Etymology of the name Atarah

The name Atarah comes from the Hebrew verb עטר (atar), meaning to surround:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עטר

The verb עטר ('atar) means to surround. Noun עטרה (atarah) means crown and denominative verb עטר ('atar) means to coronate.

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🔼Atarah meaning

For a meaning of the name Atarah, both NOBSE Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Crown. A similar Greek Biblical name would be Stephen.