Strong’s H708 · Hebrew
אֶרֶג
ʼereg
eh'-reg
Definition
a weaving; a braid; also a shuttle
Etymology
from H707 (אָרַג);
Where the KJV renders it
- beam
- weaver's shuttle
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.
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