Strong’s H2021 · Hebrew

הֹצֶן
hôtsen
ho'-tsen

Definition

a weapon of war

Etymology

from an unused root meaning apparently to be sharp or strong;

Where the KJV renders it

  • chariot

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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