Strong’s H5914 · Hebrew
עֶכֶס
ʻekeç
eh'-kes
Definition
a fetter; hence, an anklet
Etymology
from H5913 (עָכַס);
Where the KJV renders it
- stocks
- tinkling ornament
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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