Strong’s H1093 · Hebrew

בְּלוֹ
bᵉlôw
bel-o'

Definition

excise (on articles consumed)

Etymology

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H1086 (בָּלָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • tribute

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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