Definition

except, without, besides

Etymology

or בַּלְעֲדֵי; constructive plural from H1077 (בַּל) and H5703 (עַד), not till, i.e. (as preposition or adverb)

Where the KJV renders it

• beside
• not (in)
• save
• without

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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