H6257: עָתַד
ʻâthad · pronounced aw-thad' · “be ready”
Definition
to prepare
KJV translates it as: make fit, be ready to become.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to be ready, make ready, prepare
1a) (Piel) to make ready
1b) (Hithpael) to be prepared
1a) (Piel) to make ready
1b) (Hithpael) to be prepared
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6257 is translated
- they are destined ×1
- it ×1
Bible verses with H6257 (ʻâthad)
ʻâthad appears in 2 verses.
- Job 15:28
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
- Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.