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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