Definition

a strap, i.e. (specially) the tie (of a sandal) or the lash (of a scourge)

Etymology

perhaps from the same as G260 (ἅμα);

Where the KJV renders it

• latchet
• thong

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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