Definition

burnished copper, an alloy of copper (or gold) and silver having a brilliant lustre

Etymology

neuter of a compound of G5475 (χαλκός) and G3030 (λίβανος) (in the implied mean of whiteness or brilliancy);

Where the KJV renders it

• fine brass

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.

What the first audience heard

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