Strong’s H6059 · Hebrew

עָנַק
ʻânaq
aw-nak'

Definition

to collar, i.e. adorn with anecklace; figuratively, to fit out with supplies

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to choke; used only as denominative from H6060 (עָנָק),

Where the KJV renders it

  • compass about as a chain
  • furnish
  • liberally

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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