Strong’s H862 · Hebrew

אַתּוּק
ʼattûwq
at-tooke'

Definition

a ledge or offset in abuilding

Etymology

or אַתִּיק; from H5423 (נָתַק) in the sense of decreasing;

Where the KJV renders it

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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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