Definition

a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. any solitary wild creature

Etymology

probably identical with H337 (אִי) (through the idea of a doleful sound);

Where the KJV renders it

• wild beast of the islands

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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