Strong’s H541 · Hebrew

אָמַן
ʼâman
aw-man'

Definition

to take the right hand road

Etymology

denominative from H3225 (יָמִין);

Where the KJV renders it

  • turn to the right. See H539 (אָמַן)

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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