Strong's Hebrew · H5848
עָטַף
ʻâṭaph · aw-taf'
Definitionto shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagecover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
Occurrences16 in the KJV · 15 verses
עָטַף in Scripture
Genesis 30:42
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
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 :
Psalms 61:2
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.
Psalms 65:13
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psalms 77:3
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalms 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Psalms 142:3
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.
Psalms 143:4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Lamentations 2:11
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.
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