Strong’s H2559 · Hebrew

חָמַק
châmaq
khaw-mak'

Definition

properly, to wrap; hence, to depart (i.e. turn about)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • go about
  • withdraw self

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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