Definition

to wall in or around

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• close up
• fence up
• hedge
• inclose
• make up (a wall)
• mason
• repairer

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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