Strong’s H2629 · Hebrew

חָסַם
châçam
khaw-sam'

Definition

to muzzle; by analogy, to stop the nose

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • muzzle
  • stop

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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