(1.) Denotes the plate of gold in the front of the high priest's mitre (Exodus 29:6; 39:30). The same Hebrew word so rendered (ne'zer) denotes the diadem worn by Saul in battle (2 Samuel 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 Samuel 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 Revelation 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; Isaiah 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; Revelation 2:10) "that fadeth not away" (1 Peter 5:4, Gr. amarantinos; Comp. 1:4). Probably the word "amaranth" was applied to flowers we call "everlasting," the "immortal amaranth."

Crown of thorns

Our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matthew 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in doing this was probably to insult, and not specially to inflict pain. There is nothing to show that the shrub thus used was, as has been supposed, the spina Christi, which could have been easily woven into a wreath. It was probably the thorny nabk, which grew abundantly round about Jerusalem, and whose flexible, pliant, and round branches could easily be platted into the form of a crown. (see THORN

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (p. p.) of Crow.

2. (p. p) of Crow.

3. (n.) A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

4. (n.) A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.

5. (n.) The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.

6. (n.) Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

7. (n.) Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

8. (n.) Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

9. (n.) The topmost part of anything; the summit.

10. (n.) The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

11. (n.) The part of a hat above the brim.

12. (n.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

13. (n.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

14. (n.) Same as Corona.

15. (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

16. (n.) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

17. (n.) The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.

18. (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

19. (n.) The dome of a furnace.

20. (n.) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.

21. (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

22. (n.) A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

23. (n.) A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence, a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than USD1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

24. (n.) An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

25. (n.) To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

26. (n.) To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

27. (n.) To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

28. (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

29. (n.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.