- Original: עטף
- Transliteration: `ataph
- Phonetic: aw-taf'
- Definition:
1. to turn aside
a. (Qal) to turn aside, turn (in order to cover)
2. to envelop oneself
a. (Qal) to envelop oneself, cover
3. to be feeble, be faint, grow weak
a. (Qal) to be feeble, be faint
b. (Niphal) to faint
c. (Hiphil) to show feebleness
d. (Hithpael) to faint, faint away
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 1605,1606,1607
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to shroud that is clothe (whether transitively or reflexively); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish: - cover (over) fail faint feebler hide self be overwhelmed swoon.
Total KJV Occurrences: 16
• covereth, 1
Psalm 73:6
• fail, 1
Isaiah 57:16
• faint, 1
Lamentations 2:19
• fainted, 2
Psalm 107:5;
Jonah 2:7
• feeble, 1
Genesis 30:42
• feebler, 1
Genesis 30:42
• hideth, 1
Job 23:9
• over, 1
Psalm 65:13
• overwhelmed, 5
Psalm 61:2;
Psalm 77:3;
Psalm 102:1;
Psalm 142:3;
Psalm 143:4
• swoon, 1
Lamentations 2:11
• swooned, 1
Lamentations 2:12