Strong’s H1817 · Hebrew

דֶּלֶת
deleth
deh'-leth

Definition

something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor

Etymology

from H1802 (דָּלָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • door (two-leaved)
  • gate
  • leaf
  • lid. (Psalm 141:3)

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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