Strong’s H2831 · Hebrew

חַשְׁמַן
chashman
khash-man'

Definition

wealthy

Etymology

from an unused root (probably meaning firm or capacious in resources); apparently

Where the KJV renders it

  • princes

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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