Definition

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

Etymology

or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);

Where the KJV renders it

• crane
• horse (-back
• -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ)

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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