Strong’s H838 · Hebrew

אָשֻׁר
ʼâshur
aw-shoor'

Definition

a step

Etymology

or אַשֻּׁר; from H833 (אָשַׁר) in the sense of going;

Where the KJV renders it

  • going
  • step

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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