Strong’s H534 · Hebrew

אָמִיר
ʼâmîyr
aw-meer'

Definition

a summit (of a tree or mountain

Etymology

apparently from H559 (אָמַר) (in the sense of self-exaltation);

Where the KJV renders it

  • bough
  • branch

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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