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עָטַף H5848
H5848 is the Hebrew word עָטַף, transliterated ʻâṭaph and said aw-taf'. The King James Version most often renders it overwhelmed.
What it means
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
Verses using עָטַף
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 30:42 · KJV
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
Job 23:9 · KJV
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Psalm 61:2 · KJV
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalm 65:13 · KJV
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalm 73:6 · KJV
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psalm 77:3 · KJV
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalm 102:1 · KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalm 142:3 · KJV
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Psalm 143:4 · KJV
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Isaiah 57:16 · KJV
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Lamentations 2:11 · KJV
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:12 · KJV
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
Lamentations 2:19 · KJV
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Jonah 2:7 · KJV
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5848 mean?
H5848 is the Hebrew word עָטַף (ʻâṭaph), meaning to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish.
How is H5848 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it overwhelmed (5 times), feeble (1 time), feebler (1 time), hideth (1 time), also are covered over (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5848 appear in the Bible?
עָטַף (ʻâṭaph) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5848 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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