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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 6272. עָתַם (atham) -- To be astounded, to be desolate, to be appalled</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6272.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/isaiah/9-19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/6272.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 6272</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/6271.htm" title="6271">◄</a> 6272. atham <a href="../hebrew/6273.htm" title="6273">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">atham: To be astounded, to be desolate, to be appalled</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">עָתַם</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>`atham<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-tham'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(aw-tham)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To be astounded, to be desolate, to be appalled<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to glow, be desolated<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primitive root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there may not be a direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, similar themes of astonishment or desolation can be found in Greek words like "ἐκπλήσσω" (ekplēssō - to be amazed) or "ἐρημόω" (erēmoō - to lay waste, to desolate).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "atham" conveys a sense of being overwhelmed, astonished, or left in a state of desolation. It often describes a reaction to witnessing something shocking or devastating, leading to a profound emotional or spiritual response. The term can imply a sense of being left speechless or in a state of ruin.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, expressions of astonishment or desolation were common in response to divine judgments or catastrophic events. The Hebrew culture, with its deep spiritual roots, often interpreted such reactions as indicative of a deeper spiritual or moral lesson. The use of "atham" in the Hebrew Bible reflects the profound impact of God's actions or the consequences of human sinfulness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>perhaps to burn<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>burned (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">עָתַם</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> dubious; <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">נֶעְתַּם</font> <font class="hebrew2">אָ֑רֶץ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18</a> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb080101.gif"> <em>is be clogged in speech</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb080102.gif"> <em>suffocating heat</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb080103.gif"> <em>burned by heat</em>; hence Thes <em>scorched</em>, but derived sense dubious; see RS<sup>JPhil. xiii. 61 f.</sup>); — read perhaps <font class="hebrew2">נִצְּתָה</font> (√ <font class="hebrew2">יָצַת</font>) <em>is burned up</em>, compare RS<sup>l.c.</sup>, Krochm Kit Che<sup>Hpt</sup>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be darkened <p>A primitive root; probably to glow, i.e. (figuratively) be desolated -- be darkened. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>נֶעְתַּ֣ם נעתם ne‘·tam ne‘tam neTam<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/isaiah/9-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 9:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת <b> נֶעְתַּ֣ם </b> אָ֑רֶץ וַיְהִ֤י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the land <span class="itali">is burned</span> up, And the people<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is the land <span class="itali">darkened,</span> and the people<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> God of hosts <span class="itali">is burned</span> the land become<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6272.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6272.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6272<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/netam_6272.htm">ne‘·tam — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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