Strong’s H2839 · Hebrew

חִשֻּׁק
chishshuq
khish-shook'

Definition

conjoined, i.e. a wheel-spoke or rod connecting the hub with the rim

Etymology

from H2836 (חָשַׁק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • felloe

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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