Definition

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

Etymology

from H6105 (עָצַם);

Where the KJV renders it

• body
• bone
• life
• (self-) same
• strength
• very

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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