Strong’s H5451 · Hebrew

סִבֹּלֶת
çibbôleth
sib-bo'-leth

Definition

an ear of grain

Etymology

for H7641 (שִׁבֹּל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Sibboleth

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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