Strong’s H2565 · Hebrew

חֲמֹרָה
chămôrâh
kham-o-raw'

Definition

a heap

Etymology

from H2560 (חָמַר) (compare H2563 (חֹמֶר));

Where the KJV renders it

  • heap

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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