Strong’s H2651 · Hebrew

חֹפֶן
chôphen
kho'-fen

Definition

a fist (only in the dual)

Etymology

from an unused root of uncertain signification;

Where the KJV renders it

  • fists
  • (both) hands
  • hand(-ful)

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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