Strong’s H1508 · Hebrew

גִּזְרָה
gizrâh
ghiz-raw'

Definition

the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)

Etymology

feminine of H1506 (גֶּזֶר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • polishing
  • separate place

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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