Strong’s H3523 · Hebrew

כְּבִיר
kᵉbîyr
keb-eer

Definition

a matrass (of intertwined materials)

Etymology

from H3527 (כָּבַר) in the original sense of plaiting;

Where the KJV renders it

  • pillow

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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