Definition

alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin

Etymology

from H914 (בָּדַל);

Word family

• בָּדַל bâdal

How the KJV renders it

• plummet
• tin

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.