The Definition of the word Crown

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."