Strong's Hebrew · H857

H857 ʼâthâh

אָתָה

aw-thaw'

(be-, things to) come (upon), bring.

When ʼâthâh is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

to arrive

Derivation

or אָתָא; a primitive root (collateral to H225 (אוּת) contraction);

Appears 21 times in Scripture

Proverbs 1:27

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

Job 16:22

For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

Deuteronomy 33:21

He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”

Job 37:22

Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

Job 30:14

They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

Psalms 68:31

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

Job 3:25

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

When ʼâthâh is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what ʼâthâh means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Proverbs 1:27 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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