Strong’s H6227 · Hebrew

עָשָׁן
ʻâshân
aw-shawn'

Definition

smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)

Etymology

from H6225 (עָשַׁן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • smoke(-ing)

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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