Strong’s H2386 · Hebrew
חֲזִיר
chăzîyr
khaz-eer'
Definition
a hog (perhaps as penned)
Etymology
from an unused root probably meaning to enclose;
Where the KJV renders it
- boar
- swine
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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