Strong’s G779 · Greek
ἀσκός
askós
Definition
a leathern (or skin) bag used as a bottle
Etymology
from the same as G778 (ἀσκέω);
Where the KJV renders it
- bottle
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
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