Strong’s H682 · Hebrew

אָצֵל
ʼÂtsêl
aw-tsale'

Definition

Atsel, the name of an Israelite, and of a place in Palestine

Etymology

from H680 (אָצַל); noble;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Azal
  • Azel

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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