Strong’s H755 · Hebrew

אַרְכֻבָה
ʼarkubâh
ar-koo-baw'

Definition

the knee

Etymology

(Aramaic) from an unused root corresponding to H7392 (רָכַב) (in the sense of bending the knee);

Where the KJV renders it

  • knee

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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