Definition

properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)

Etymology

probably from H2596 (חָנַךְ) in the sense of tasting;

Where the KJV renders it

• (roof of the) mouth
• taste

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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