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Topic:
Crown
(1.) Denotes the plate of gold in the front of the high priest's
mitre (Ex. 29:6; 39:30). The same Hebrew word so rendered (ne'zer)
denotes the diadem worn by Saul in battle (2 Sam. 1:10), and also that
which was used at the coronation of Joash (2 Kings 11:12).
(2.) The more general name in Hebrew for a crown is 'atarah , meaning
a "circlet." This is used of crowns and head ornaments of
divers kinds, including royal crowns. Such was the crown taken from the
king of Ammon by David (2 Sam. 12:30). The crown worn by the Assyrian
kings was a high mitre, sometimes adorned with flowers. There are
sculptures also representing the crowns worn by the early Egyptian and
Persian kings. Sometimes a diadem surrounded the royal head-dress of two
or three fillets. This probably signified that the wearer had dominion
over two or three countries. In Rev. 12:3; 13:1, we read of "many
crowns," a token of extended dominion.
(3.) The ancient Persian crown (Esther 1:11; 2:17; 6:8) was called
kether ; i.e., "a chaplet," a high cap or tiara. Crowns were
worn sometimes to represent honour and power (Ezek. 23:42). They were
worn at marriages (Cant. 3:11; Isa. 61:10, "ornaments;" R.V.,
"a garland"), and at feasts and public festivals. The crown
was among the Romans and Greeks a symbol of victory and reward. The
crown or wreath worn by the victors in the Olympic games was made of
leaves of the wild olive; in the Pythian games, of laurel; in the Nemean
games, of parsley; and in the Isthmian games, of the pine. The Romans
bestowed the "civic crown" on him who saved the life of a
citizen. It was made of the leaves of the oak. In opposition to all
these fading crowns the apostles speak of the incorruptible crown, the
crown of life (James 1:12; Rev. 2:10) "that fadeth not away"
(1 Pet. 5:4, Gr. amarantinos; comp. 1:4). Probably the word
"amaranth" was applied to flowers we call
"everlasting," the "immortal amaranth."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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