Definition

lime (from being burned in a kiln)

Etymology

perhaps from H3564 (כּוּר);

Word family

• כּוּר kûwr

How the KJV renders it

• chalk(-stone)

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.