Strong’s H618 · Hebrew
אָסָם
ʼâçâm
aw-sawm'
Definition
a storehouse (only in the plural)
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to heap together;
Where the KJV renders it
- barn
- storehouse
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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