🔼The name Atarah: Summary
- Meaning
- Crown
- Etymology
- From the noun עטרה (atarah), crown, from the verb עטר (atar), to surround.
🔼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.
🔼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.