Definition

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

Etymology

a primitive word;

Where the KJV renders it

• dam
• mother
• parting

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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