Definition

Etsjon-Geber, a place on the Red Sea

Etymology

from H6096 (עָצֶה) and H1397 (גֶּבֶר); backbone-like of a man;

Where the KJV renders it

• Ezion-geber

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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