Strong’s H2857 · Hebrew
חֲתַם
chătham
khath-am'
Definition
to seal
Etymology
(Aramaic) a root corresponding to H2856 (חָתַם);
Where the KJV renders it
- seal
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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