Strong’s H2826 · Hebrew

חָשַׁל
châshal
khaw-shal'

Definition

to make (intrans. be) unsteady, i.e. weak

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • feeble

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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