- עָתַק
- עָתַקII to be substantial, strong; (cmp. יָשִׁיש) to be old.Denom. עַתִּיק. Hif. הֶעְתִּיק (denom. of עַתִּיק; cmp. זָקַן Nithpa.) to be long in deliberating, mature. Ab. dR. N. ch. I (expl. העתיקו, Prov. 25:1) ולא שהעתיקו אלא שהמתינו and hʿetiḳu means, ‘which they considered maturely; אבא שאול אומר לא שהמתינו אלא שפירשו Abba S. says, it does not mean ‘which they considered maturely, but ‘which they set aside, v. preced.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.