Definition

properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear

Etymology

from H2686 (חָצַץ); also by interchange for H6086 (עֵץ)

Where the KJV renders it

• archer
• arrow
• dart
• shaft
• staff
• wound

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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