Strong’s H685 · Hebrew

אֶצְעָדָה
ʼetsʻâdâh
ets-aw-daw'

Definition

properly, a step-chain; by analogy, a bracelet

Etymology

a variation from H6807 (צְעָדָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • bracelet
  • chain

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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