Definition

probably akin to the base of G3433 (μόλις)) and probably (the face; from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); a mole ("black eye") or blow-mark

Etymology

from ("moil";

Where the KJV renders it

• stripe

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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