Definition

a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook

Etymology

or (feminine) סִירָה; or סִרָה; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up;

Where the KJV renders it

• caldron
• fishhook
• pan
• (wash-)pot
• thorn

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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