Definition

a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)

Etymology

from H5810 (עָזַז);

Where the KJV renders it

• (she) goat
• kid

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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