Strong’s G5490 · Greek

χάσμα
chásma

Definition

a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval)

Etymology

from a form of an obsolete primary (to "gape" or "yawn");

How the KJV renders it

  • gulf

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.