Strong’s H2251 · Hebrew
חָבַט
châbaṭ
khaw-bat'
Definition
to knock out or off
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- beat (off
- out)
- thresh
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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