Strong’s H2253 · Hebrew

חֶבְיוֹן
chebyôwn
kheb-yone'

Definition

a concealment

Etymology

from H2247 (חָבָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • hiding

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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