Strong’s H6218 · Hebrew
עָשׂוֹר
ʻâsôwr
aw-sore'
Definition
ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
Etymology
or עָשֹׂר; from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
Where the KJV renders it
- (instrument of) ten (strings
- -th)
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