6257. athod
Strong's Lexicon
athod: He-goat, buck

Original Word: עָתַד
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: `athad
Pronunciation: ah-thode'
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-thad')
Definition: He-goat, buck
Meaning: to prepare

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָתַד (athad), meaning "to prepare" or "to make ready."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2055 (eriphos): A young goat or kid.

- G2056 (eriphion): A diminutive form of eriphos, also meaning a young goat.

Usage: The term "athod" refers to a male goat, often used in the context of sacrificial offerings or as a metaphor for leadership and strength. In the Hebrew Bible, goats were commonly used in sacrificial rituals, symbolizing atonement and purification.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, goats were valuable livestock, providing milk, meat, and hides. They were also significant in religious practices, particularly in the sacrificial system outlined in the Torah. The he-goat, or "athod," was often used in sin offerings and other ceremonial rites. Goats were also associated with leadership and were sometimes used metaphorically to describe leaders or prominent figures.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be ready
NASB Translation
destined (1), make it ready (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [עָתֹד] verb be ready (Late Hebrew adjective עָתִיד future (as prepared); Arabic be ready, prepared (also great, bulky); Syriac , ᵑ7 in derived species and derivatives ); —

Pi`el Imperative masculine singular suffix וְעַתְּדָהּ Proverbs 24:27 and make it ready i. e. thy work ("" הָכֵן).

Hithpa`el Perfect3pluralהִתְעַתְּדוּ לִגַלִּים Job 15:28 which [houses] were prepared (destined) for (i.e. to be) heaps of ruin.

[עֲתִיד] adjective ready (see Biblical Hebrew I. עתד); — plural עֲתִידִין Daniel 3:15, followed by clause with דִּי.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
make fit, be ready to become

A primitive root; to prepare -- make fit, be ready to become.

Forms and Transliterations
הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ התעתדו וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ ועתדה hiṯ‘attəḏū hiṯ·‘at·tə·ḏū hitatteDu veatteDah wə‘attəḏāh wə·‘at·tə·ḏāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 15:28
HEB: לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃
NAS: Which are destined to become ruins.
KJV: which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
INT: inhabit Which are destined ruins

Proverbs 24:27
HEB: בַּח֨וּץ ׀ מְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָ וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֣ה לָ֑ךְ
NAS: outside And make it ready for yourself in the field;
KJV: without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;
INT: outside your work and make the field Afterwards

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6257
2 Occurrences


hiṯ·‘at·tə·ḏū — 1 Occ.
wə·‘at·tə·ḏāh — 1 Occ.















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