Strong’s H1248 · Hebrew
בַּר
bar
bar
Definition
the heir (apparent to the throne)
Etymology
borrowed (as a title) from H1247 (בַּר);
Where the KJV renders it
- son
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.
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