Strong’s H1098 · Hebrew

בְּלִיל
bᵉlîyl
bel-eel'

Definition

mixed, i.e. (specifically) feed (for cattle)

Etymology

from H1101 (בָּלַל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • corn
  • fodder
  • provender

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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