Definition

properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid

Etymology

from H1197 (בָּעַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• brutish (person)
• foolish

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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