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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