Definition

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

Etymology

from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute);

Where the KJV renders it

• beast
• cattle

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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