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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