Definition

properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager

Etymology

or חָרֻץ; passive participle of H2782 (חָרַץ);

Where the KJV renders it

• decision
• diligent
• (fine) gold
• pointed things
• sharp
• threshing instrument
• wall

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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