Strong’s H2842 · Hebrew

חָשַׁשׁ
châshash
khaw-shash'

Definition

dry grass

Etymology

by variation for H7179 (קַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • chaff

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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