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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